UPDATE: Sprinkler credited for controlling apartment fire south of West Seattle Junction before firefighters arrive

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3:47 PM: Seattle Hearth models are arriving at The Blake Flats at 5020 California SW for what’s described as a fourth-floor kitchen fireplace.

3:52 PM: It will tie up site visitors for some time due to the massive response, so keep away from California simply south of The Junction for some time. Meantime, firefighters report that the hearth is beneath management due to a sprinkler.

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3:56 PM: Hearth now reported “tapped” (out).

4:01 PM: No accidents reported, says SFD, which is dismissing a few of the responding models.

4:06 PM: Firefighters on scene inform us this was a “room fireplace” and ensure that the sprinklers acquired it beneath management even earlier than they reached it. Site visitors on California is at present shut from Edmunds to Brandon. Residents of the constructing, meantime, aren’t being allowed again in simply but, whereas firefighters test a couple of extra issues to make sure it’s protected.

4:55 PM: Police have informed dispatch that site visitors is now getting by means of by way of the middle lane and southbound lane.