INCIDENT DESCRIPTION
At 6:04 am on August 16, 2025, the Seattle Fire Department responded to a reported fire-in-building at 223 Yesler Way, an 11-story low income apartment building. The Frye Apartments are no stranger to SFD, with over 4,000 responses since 2003. The apartment’s last full response was in October 2023. I’ve uploaded footage of a July 2023 full response here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhNWCmL0HI
In the August 2025 incident, crews were dispatched to a laundry room fire in the basement of the building. On arrival, nothing was visible and the fire alarm had not been activated. The fire was found to be already out and ther response was reduced to a few units.
Sources:
https://sfdlive.com/?id=F250112782
https://x.com/SDOTtraffic/status/1956705130620862630
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VIDEO TIMELINE
0:00 – Initial dispatch briefing
0:35 – E10 & L1 first due, off-camera
1:10 – SDOT takes notice, E10 fire attack, L1 gathers tools
1:25 – E5 arrives on scene, water supply
2:48 – AIR10 arrives on scene
3:05 – On scene footage
3:55 – E6 arrives on scene
5:00 – Fire out
5:30 – 16x speed timelapse of demobilization
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AUDIO
This is real audio from SFD Channel 1 (major fire ops)
Audio is fairly synced with video but may be slightly misaligned.
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UNITS
Units dispatched were: A10, A14*, AIR10, B2, B5, B6, DEP1, E10, E13, E2, E22, E36, E5, E6, L1, L10, L4, M1, M44, MAR5, R1, REHAB1, SAFT2, & STAF10.
*A14 crew responded on R1
Units seen in this video were: AIR10, DEP1, E10, E5, E6, & L1
SPD units seen in this video were: 35734, 35215, 35789, 34943, & 35788
SFD D Shift
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