University District vacant building burns, police seek person of interest
Two alarm fire in Seattle University District
Vacant building burns in university district. Two people escaped the building alive before responders arrived and no one was found injured in the building.
SEATTLE - A two-alarm fire swept through a vacant building in Seattle’s University District neighborhood Monday morning.
Two people were able to escape, but a search for others had to be scrapped temporarily to ensure the safety of firefighters.
Seattle police said the incident began as an investigation into an incident of domestic violence. By 10:30 a.m., firefighters were deploying a defensive attack as the flames grew.