Raw video from 4-alarm fire in Seattle. One firefighter injured in blaze at vacant peanut butter plant.
Firefighters in Seattle battled a four-alarm fire at the vacant Sunny Jim peanut butter plant yesterday leaving one firefighter injured. The fire was reported around 2:00 PM and apparently started on the second floor. Some buildings to the north of the structure were evacuated as a precaution. Here’s more from KING-TV:
An estimated 120 firefighters battled the flames. Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen says the fire was fought defensively because the building was empty and engulfed in flames.
“When you go defensive, you pretty much write the building off,” said Seattle Fire Chief Gregory Dean.
One firefighter was taken to Harborview Medical Center after he was hit by a piece of falling siding. At last report, he was in stable condition.
“They were trying to open up a door so they could get some hose lines in. So, they decided that they thought they could do that. He went inside that zone to try to help do that. Some of the siding came off,” said Dean.
The plant was heavily damaged by a previous fire in 1997 that was caused by roofing repairs. That fire destroyed the iconic red Sunny Jim sign that had been visible from I-5 for decades.
