Seattle, WA
1 dead after building fire in Seattle’s University District
SEATTLE — One particular person is useless following a constructing fireplace within the College District on Sunday evening, the Seattle Hearth Division introduced.
The hearth division initially tweeted concerning the fireplace within the 800 block of Northeast forty second Road at 8:43 p.m., saying firefighters have been battling a hearth in a vacant constructing. The division tweeted that the fireplace was underneath management 5 minutes later.
Simply after 9 p.m., the division introduced that firefighters discovered one deceased particular person inside the constructing construction.
The hearth has been extinguished and is underneath investigation.
Firefighters are at 800 block of NE 42 St with a working fireplace in a vacant constructing. Please keep away from the world.
— Seattle Hearth Dept. (@SeattleFire) February 27, 2023
800 block of NE 42 St: firefighters discovered one particular person contained in the construction. Sadly this a fatality.
— Seattle Hearth Dept. (@SeattleFire) February 27, 2023
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