$70k in damage from fire at Broadview home

Photo by Shane Harms

Thu, 04/18/2013

Upadate, April 24

We just received a full report from the Seattle Fire Department. Read it below:

"A Seattle Fire Investigator determined a North Seattle House Fire was an accidental fire. The most likely cause was determined to be the spontaneous combustion of oils that leaked and mixed in a basement master bedroom.

The first 911 call came in at 7:15p.m. The caller reported hearing a loud sound and seeing light gray smoke coming from the basement of a home located in the 13000 block of 7th Avenue NW. The first arriving engine company found smoke in the basement of the 1-story home. The lone occupant safely evacuated the house before firefighters arrived.

It took crews about 15 minutes to completely extinguish the flames.

There were no reported injuries.

The damage estimate is $50,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents."

Update, April 18, 8:20 p.m.

Seattle Fire Department Spokesman Kyle Moore said the occupant called 911 at about 7:15 p.m. saying there was a fire in the basement bedroom of his two story home.

A neighbor also called in the fire and said there was smoke coming from the house.

The occupant managed to get out of the house unharmed and the fire was contained to just the one room.

Moore said that there was a bed in the room that was on fire but the cause is still unknown. The fire inspector has yet to determine the cause and whether the family of at least four can return to their home.

There is smoke damage that could prevent a family from staying in their home home after a fire.

Fire Original, April 18, 8 p.m.