Seattle fire crews respond to 3-alarm Industrial District warehouse fire, roof partially collapses
Firefighters in Seattle responded to a 3-alarm commercial warehouse fire in the city's Industrial District early Wednesday morning, nearly 24 hours after another fire in the nearby Central District.The blaze broke out just before 1 a.m. local time on the 4500 block of 7th Avenue S and reportedly involved two tractor trailers that were on fire and extended to the warehouse, Seattle Fire spokesman David Cuerpo said at a press conference near the scene.Officials found multiple large metal and plastic barrels inside one of the trailers and surrounding the building, prompting them to put out the fire from a safe distance, he said.
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Firefighters in Seattle responded to a 3-alarm commercial warehouse fire in the city's Industrial District early Wednesday morning, nearly 24 hours after another fire in the nearby Central District.The blaze broke out just before 1 a.m. local time on the 4500 block of 7th Avenue S and reportedly involved two tractor trailers that were on fire and extended to the warehouse, Seattle Fire spokesman David Cuerpo said at a press conference near the scene.Officials found multiple large metal and plastic barrels inside one of the trailers and surrounding the building, prompting them to put out the fire from a safe distance, he said. Cuerpo confirmed that the barrels inside the trailer and around the building were empty upon further inspection.MASSIVE FIRE RIPS THROUGH PUB, KILLING AT LEAST 27 AS PATRONS FLEE SMOKE-FILLED VENUEFirefighters reported that the roof of the warehouse partially collapsed at 1:15 a.m., preventing personnel from entering the remnants of the building. Crews extinguished the fire around 3:22 a.m.
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- Firefighters in Seattle responded to a 3-alarm commercial warehouse fire in the city's Industrial District early Wednesday morning, nearly 24 hours after another fire in the nearby Central District.The blaze broke out just before 1 a.m. local time on the 4500 block of 7th Avenue S and reportedly involved two tractor trailers that were on fire and extended to the warehouse, Seattle Fire spokesman David Cuerpo said at a press conference near the scene.Officials found multiple large metal and plastic barrels inside one of the trailers and surrounding the building, prompting them to put out the fire from a safe distance, he said.
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