Small apartment fire on 26th Avenue S in Seattle

SEATTLE, WA — Fire crews responded to a scene of smoke caused by an apartment stove fire on Sunday morning around 8:21 a.m., according to the Seattle Fire Department.

Crews were initially called to the building on 2100 block of 26th Avenue South to investigate a report of smoke in a hallway.

Crews on scene at the 2100 Blk. of 26th Ave. S. investigating smoke in hallway of apartment building. Avoid area as crews respond in.

— Seattle Fire Dept. (@SeattleFire) May 23, 2021

The cause of the fire was later discovered to be food that had caught fire on a seventh-floor apartment unit. After that finding, the response was downgraded to only a few units.