Update 2:
Looking back at the real-time 911 log over the past two days one clearly notices the "fire" calls were coming in more frequently, in part due to Americans' tendency to drink merrily and play with explosives!

In West Seattle, from 12:01 a.m. on July 4th until 6 p.m. on July 5th there were two rubbish fire calls, two house fire calls, six brush fire calls (make that seven with the White Center brush fire photographed above) and one bark fire.

While not all of these calls were firework related, there were certainly a few "oops" moments over the holiday.

Update for 7/5 from Seattle Fire:
Investigators Determine Cause of Vacant House Fire as Accidental (32nd Ave S.W. and S.W. Roxbury)

July 5- Seattle Fire Investigators scoured the charred interior of a single story house burned by an early morning fire. After close examination, investigators determined the accidental fire started in a couch inside the vacant house.

The first call came in at 1:34 am as a house on fire along the 3300 block of SW Roxbury Street in Seattle. Engine 11 was the first to arrive and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the home. Engine 26 was the second crew in and firefighters from this engine laid backup hose lines.

Seattle Police Department blocked off SW Roxbury Street to allow fire crews to lay hose across the street to a nearby hydrant.

Crews cut a hole in the back of the home to provide ventilation for the heat and smoke. The firefighters were able to extinguish the fire within 15 minutes of the first 911 call.

There were no reported injuries. Investigators estimate the damage as $1000 to the contents and $60 thousand dollars to the structure.

Original post:
While many sanctioned fireworks displays were staged around the area on the Fourth of July, it was clear from a drive through White Center that things were out of hand on side streets and even in the business district as neighborhood parties seemed to have an endless supply of some of the most powerful and large scale fireworks in recent memory.

It led to a fire that consumed part of a line of trees near the White Center Dairy Queen and Jumbo Chinese Buffet between 16th and 15th s.w. shortly after 11:00 pm.

The North Highline Fire Department responded quickly and after only a couple of minutes had knocked down what grew into a wall of flames.

Shortly after 1:00 am a fire at 32nd s.w. and Roxbury drew fourteen units the scene of a fire in a single family residence causing the closure of Roxbury for a time, and a brush fire called out Engine 37 to the scene at 28th Ave. s.w. and s.w. Holden.

Spent fireworks littered many White Center side streets as the bangs, rockets, whistles and explosions went on into the night.

We will provide updates as they become available.

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