One critically injured after house fire breaks out in Bitter Lake neighborhood
Feb 7, 2025, 8:00 AM
SFD response to a house fire in Seattle's Bitter Lake neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)
A fire broke out at a house in the Bitter Lake neighborhood, with one person critically injured from the flames.
The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) responded to a fire that was first reported around 5:40 a.m. Friday at a home near N. 143rd Street and Fremont Avenue N.
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One person, a 55-year-old woman, was rescued from the building and is being treated by paramedics. According to KIRO 7, she is in critical condition.
The fire was in a difficult-to-access spot, requiring a larger-than-normal response from SFD that lasted more than an hour. By 7:15 a.m., SFD pulled back crews and reduced the response.
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Contributing: KIRO 7
Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest and producer of the Seattle Seahawks podcast, The Reset with Gee Scott. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.
