1401 S. 18th St., Renton, WA - Apartment/Urban-Wildland Fire

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This is probably one of the largest fire incidents I have observed.  At the original fire location, nearly 20 apartment units were destroyed (2 buildings) and another 10 were damaged (1 building).  This fire started a grass fire that ran about 2 miles, fortunately between neighborhoods and apartment/condo complexes.  Many apparatus were relocated numerous times.  Different incident command posts were setup and moved as required.  The mutual aid system appeared to work well.  No firefighters or citizens were injured.

 

I think a big thank you is necessary for the King County fire departments that responded and sent help and to those departments who answered the mutual aid requests in Pierce and Snohomish counties.