INCIDENT DESCRIPTION At 3:32 pm on January 31, 2024, four SFD units were dispatched to a fire alarm with sprinkler activation at the Hobson Place supportive housing apartments. Battalion 5, Engine 6, Engine 30, and Ladder 3 were the only units dispatched as protocol, but three minutes after arriving on scene, a full response was

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Strong winds blew a traffic light off the cable and falls to the ground, breaking. (Video credit/Jamie Lantz)

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View the City of Seattle’s commenting policy: seattle.gov/online-comment-policy Under a new Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) Director’s Rule, batteries, from small button cell to lithium-ion batteries that power bikes and vehicles, and small electronics including monitors and computers, are banned from the garbage in Seattle. Batteries can easily catch fire when they are not disposed of

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Batteries are in a whole bunch of stuff: Laptops, remotes, phones, portable chargers, tablets, vapes, garage clickers (you get it), and in Seattle, they can’t go in the garbage anymore. This includes double and AAA batteries. Seattle Public Utilities and the city government want residents to keep batteries out of the garbage because they’re a

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Firefighters turned out to climb the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle on Sunday—it’s a brutal exercise but worth it, as it is for a good cause. Subscribe to FOX 13 Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/c/fox13seattle?sub_confirmation=1 Watch FOX 13 Seattle Live: https://www.q13fox.com/live FOX 13 Seattle is Western Washington’s source for breaking news, weather, traffic, politics and sports. Download the

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