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VIDEO: Gas thieves cause truck explosion in North Seattle
Truck explodes after thieves steal gas in Seattle
Video surveillance obtained by FOX 13 Seattle shows two men attempting to siphon gas from a truck on Aurora Avenue, causing a vehicle to explode.
SEATTLE – Two gas thieves caused major damage Sunday while attempting to siphon gas from truck in North Seattle. Police are now investigating along with the Fire Marshal.
Video surveillance obtained by FOX 13 Seattle shows two men attempting to steal gas from a truck on Aurora Avenue N. near N. 107th Street.
“They were clearly stealing gas for whatever reason,” said Russ Saunders. “This isn’t the first time people have taken gas.”
But it is the first time a fleet vehicle belonging to Saunders’ family-owned business has gone up in flames.
“It was a huge fireball that exploded on people,” said Saunders. “They drove off in a vehicle that was on fire.”
Saunders is a second-generation owner of Handy Andy Rent-A-Tool.
“We’ve been here since the 80s,” he told FOX 13 Seattle.
Sunday’s truck explosion set the business back $50,000.
“One truck, the interior wall is badly damaged,” said Saunders. “That’ll cost $10,000 just to replace it, if I replace it. The other truck — it’s a complete loss.”
Footage from multiple security cameras show two men pull up in a work truck.
“We learned it was also stolen from another company,” said Saunders. “They literally drove away on fire.”
According to police, that vehicle was later found abandoned.
“What happened Sunday was just the tail end of everything,” said Saunders. “In an eight-day period this month, I was burglarized, I lost $10,000 worth of equipment, and I’ve had five trucks stolen. Now this.”
He told FOX 13 Seattle crime on Aurora Avenue has gotten out of control.
“It’s like the criminals know they can get away with things,” said Saunders. “Unfortunately, without the necessary police to come out and patrol this area, the criminals are running amok.”
Saunders, along with a handful of other business owners, are hoping Seattle’s recent approval of video surveillance cameras will help police track down criminals. He’s looking forward to camera installation along Aurora Avenue.
“I see it as another tool,” he said. “Hopefully that’ll help them when they’re trying to connect the criminals to the crimes, and it can help them get out and respond faster.”
Seattle Police have not made any arrests in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call the non-emergency number at (206) 625-5011. The case number is 24-283634.
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Thanks to Carrie Brown for the westward view of our Saturday night sunset. The high today hit 68 at the airport – eight degrees above normal – but nowhere near the record for this date, which was 89 degrees back in 2016. The forecast suggests two more days of partly sunny, almost-70-degree weather, before the chance of rain returns.
CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
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Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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