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Smoke perceived as fire was steam vent mistaken for fireSeattle WA

audio iconFire & Arson
Near 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

Fire department responded to a report of a dumpster fire near 4th and Madison. No fire was found. The smoke came from a steam vent covered by a box on the northwest corner.

Audio|Source: Seattle Downtown Law Enforcement
01:33
Transcript:
00:00
Fire called in Center on scene at near 4th and Madison for the dumpster fire, and they aren't locating anything.
00:05
Could you advise of a better location possibly?
00:09
Copy it was smoking from that brown metal box there on the northwest corner.
00:17
We'll see a brown metal box on northwest corner.
00:24
B.R. 14 for a disturbance.
00:33
The EZills, near 5th Avenue.
00:36
Manders is reporting for the past 20 minutes. There's a female that's been throwing rocks at vehicles there in parking lot, refusing to leave.
00:45
Female, mid-thirties, wearing a coat, blue jeans.
00:49
She did break a windshield there with the rocks.
00:53
It's near 5th Avenue at the E-Zills.
00:55
Got me.
01:05
Brigger 76-141.
01:12
Save it to first fire, it was a steam vent covered by a box.
01:19
They said it was a what?
01:23
They said it was a steam vent covered by a box. I want to clarify, did you see actual fire or just smoke?
01:30
That was probably...
01:32
Copy.

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Near 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

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