On Tuesday, drivers on the Ship Canal Bridge called 911 to report smoke appearing on the road. Fire officials said they arrived to find billowing, acrid smoke from the encampment, which had multiple propane tanks scattered within its bounds.
The Seattle Fire Department has responded to 1,133 fires at encampments so far in 2022, not including Wednesday’s fire that sent smoke by drivers from under the north end of the Ship Canal Bridge.
The fire slowed traffic on the bridge, but it was enough time for William Hughes to come home and watch through the holes of a wire fence as responders doused the embers around what was his tent.“These things burn fast,” he added, explaining how flammable the tents are. Hughes said his tent had propane tanks for cooking and other food supplies for the whole encampment.
“WSDOT’s responsibility and expertise is limited to the last action, the clean up of right of way once the people living there have moved to housing or shelter,” said WSDOT’s spokesperson James Poling. “This process is a joint effort with several state agencies and local jurisdictions.”
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