One person dead, three others rescued in North Seattle apartment fire

SEATTLE — A woman is dead, and three others were injured during a fire in North Seattle.

The fire happened at the Roosevelt Manor apartments on the corner of Roosevelt Way and NE 63rd Street.

Seattle Fire says this isn’t the first time they’ve responded to a fire in that building, and say it was supposed to be vacant.

Officials say they received reports just before 4 a.m. on Tuesday.

“When our firefighters arrived on scene, they found one person in the front of the building that was able to escape, and our firefighters heard from that person there may be additional people on the fourth floor,” said David Cuerpo, spokesperson for Seattle Fire.

Firefighters quickly raised ladders and went in through the top floor, they found three people inside.

A total of four people were injured. A woman died, a man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and two others suffered minor injuries.

“Yeah, that’s sad. There are a lot of homeless in the neighborhood, I don’t know how they got access to the building,” said Bruce Pritchard, who works nearby.

Officials say there was a fire back on May 8, and since then, the building has been vacant.

“The people that were living here after the original fire on the 8th were displaced,” said Pritchard.

KIRO7 asked Seattle Fire if the building is on their nuisance list, and they are looking into that.

With two fires in less than a month, Pritchard says the building should be torn down.

“Well, it’s about time for this building to come down,” said Pritchard.

Fire investigators are looking into what caused the fire.

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