- July 5, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
WHITE CENTER, Wash. — A fire ripped through multiple businesses in White Center early Monday morning. Some of them were just starting to celebrate being able to serve customers without restrictions again. Another new store was about to launch a grand opening.
The blaze has the White Center community stunned. The devastating fire started in the basement of The Lumber Yard Bar, then quietly spread to neighboring businesses before anyone realized.
Firefighters said someone noticed one shop on fire and flagged down a Seattle Fire Department ladder truck at around 1:40 a.m. that happened to be passing by, but the fire was already so severe that crews had to fight it from the outside.
“It’s a difficult fire to fight. These are older buildings. There are void spaces and stuff, places we can’t get to because we can’t get inside,” said Eric Autry, a spokesperson for Zone 3 with King County Fire District 2.
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