Slog - Comments on Seattle Police, SFD, ATF Investigating Arson At Former Women's Clinic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars The Seattle Fire Department, Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are investigating a small fire that was set earlier this week at an abandoned womens's clinic in the Central District. The fire department was called to the former site of the Aradia Women's Center—which closed in January 2007—on 13th and Spring at about 10:30pm Wednesday night after someone set a fire near the building's exterior doors. According the SFD spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick, the fire "burned a little bit...of the door, but didn't get in [to the building]." The fire only did $2,000 in damage, but SFD contacted... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:52:59 -0800 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:03:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by vote http://news.aol.com/political-machine/straw-poll

]]> vote http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1050685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1050685 News Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:07:02 -0800 Comment by tictoc First, the clinic is on First Hill not in the CD. Second, since the clinic has been closed it has been a haven for the homeless with massive amounts of trash piled around. Im surprised it hasn't self-combusted yet. I highly doubt there was any political motivation

]]> tictoc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1050794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1050794 News Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:21:20 -0800 Comment by Jonah S Au contraire, tictoc. South of Madison, on 13th, is TOTALLY the CD. I asked around and there was consensus.

]]> Jonah S http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1050873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1050873 News Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:06:52 -0800 Comment by GrantG Spring St. being one block north of Madison, we should all then be able to agree that this is indeed First Hill.
@2 you're dead on with the sheer flammability factor of that building in recent past. And dear sweet Jeebus, was that the biggest fire dept response ever for a flaming door?

]]> GrantG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1051063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1051063 News Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:11:29 -0800 Comment by six shooter GrantG -- Next time when you call, tell the 911 operators exactly what's on fire, where the fire is, how hard it is to get there, and what else is at risk.

With all of this information, dispatchers should send exactly the right amount of people for the response.

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1051249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1051249 News Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:01:58 -0800 Comment by six shooter I'd call that area First Hill.

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1051250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/seattle_police_sfd_atf_investigating_ars#c1051250 News Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:03:06 -0800