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Fire closes SR 99 in Federal Way during morning commute

Oct 14, 2014, 7:51 AM | Updated: 3:30 pm

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State Route 99 in Federal Way was shut down while crews battled a fire at a trophy store in a strip mall for several hours Tuesday morning.

The fire was reported around 7 a.m. in the 29200 block of Pacific Highway South. KING TV reports it’s believed to have started in the Awards by Wilson store.

Crews from the Federal Way Police Department and South King County Fire Department were on scene to extinguish the blaze.

The cause of the fire in was not immediately known. No injuries were reported.

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