Fire crews from around the area fought the fire in the Lumberyard Bar and Rat City Tattoo that broke out in the early morning hours of July 5 in White Center.
Photo courtesy of Seattle Fire Department
Update:
According to King County Fire District #2 the fire that destroyed businesses in White Center was not started by fireworks, despite heavy activity in the White Center area. It began in the basement of the Lumberyard Bar, though the exact cause has not yet been determined.
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A fire that was called in around 1:41 am ripped through the Lumberyard Bar and Rat City Tattoo on 16th SW in White Center. The Boxing Gym just next to these businesses suffered damage as well. No cause was announced but fireworks have not been ruled out.
Fire crews arrived to find the buildings fully engulfed but could not enter the structures and had to use ladders to spray water from above to fight the flames.
White Center was the scene of hundreds of personal fireworks displays from Top Hat through the whole White Center business district as people took advantage of the warm temperatures and the fact that this was the last year before a fireworks ban takes effect in King County.
Personal fireworks are already banned in the City of Seattle.
While no injuries were reported, the businesses are so damaged they cannot open.
The fire was responded to very quickly since as it happened a fire engine was only a block away when they got the call. Crews from Seattle and North Highline and Skyway responded to the blaze.
The building is owned by Chung & Do investments LLC. It was built in 1918 and the businesses inside it use electric space heaters for warmth.
Community members are rallying around the Lumberyard with a new GoFundMe page hoping to raise $25,000 to help the owners offset their losses. The page has quickly raised several thousand dollars.
A new Boba Tea business that was preparing to open just north of these busineses was also badly damaged and it too has a GoFundMe page here.
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