INCIDENT DESCRIPTION
At around 2:45 pm on April 15, 2025, much of the Seattle Fire Department’s 2nd Battalion was clearing a structure fire on Columbia Street in the First Hill neighborhood near downtown. The Columbia Street fire burned in a medical building and produced a noticeable amount of smoke, but was quickly put out without serious damage. Just as the response was reduced, another fire-in-building was dispatched at Broadway and E John Street. First due units confirmed a working fire on the exterior of a single-family-residence with a commercial floor. The building was the former home of Queen Sheba, an Ethiopian restaurant that closed in September 2024. Just one month later however, the basement of the building was damaged by a fire (possibly arson). On April 15, however, the building suffered more damage in another fire. The second fire originated in an exterior dumpster, and spread up the siding into the eaves. An occupied brick building suffered heat damage, but was not seriously damaged. The incident lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes, but a flare-up led to several units returning just after 6:30 pm. No injuries were reported, and the cause was undetermined.
Sources: https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/04/another-fire-damages-old-queen-sheba-building-at-broadway-and-john/
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-home-of-seattles-queen-sheba-restaurant-catches-fire/
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VIDEO TIMELINE
0:00 – Intro
0:13 – E5 responding
0:37 – M44, B55 responding
0:51 – E34 arriving
1:05 – E5, STAF10, DEP1, B55, M44, B2, L3 arriving/responding
1:51 – SAFT2 responding (1)
2:03 – DEP1, B2, L3, SAFT2 arriving (2)
3:10 – B6 arriving
3:20 – Faint smoke showing
3:34 – L10, E6 arriving/responding
4:08 – E6, M10 arriving/responding
4:35 – L4 arriving
4:44 – SDOT takes notice, on scene footage
5:25 – On scene footage of E6, M44, & SAFT2
5:37 – M10 arriving
5:45 – E6, M44, & SAFT2
6:58 – E5
8:59 – E22
(cancelled from fire call, responding to unrelated aid response)
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AUDIO
This is real audio from SFD channel 1 (major fire incidents)
Audio is fairly synced with video, though it may be off by a few seconds. Audio and video were playing simultaneously while recording live.
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UNITS
Units dispatched were: A14*, A25, AIR10, B2, B6, B7**, DEP1, E2, E22**, E25, E34, E5, E6, E8**, L10, L3, L4, M10, M44, MAR5, R1, REHAB1, SAFT2, & STAF10.

Units seen in this video were: B2, B55 (acting BC, in training) B6, DEP1, E34, E5, E6, L10, L3, L4, M10, M44, SAFT2, & STAF10 + E22

*A14 members responded with R1
**Cancelled before arrival

SFD B Shift
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