Update Wednesday: You can see Seattle Fire’s official Fire Line post about the fire here.

Update 9:30 p.m.: Metro bus route 5 has returned to its normal route.

Update 8:45 p.m.: Seattle Fire Department Public Information Officer Kyle Moore tells us the fire was on a five-foot-square section of the roof, next to the street side, so multiple people saw flames and called 911. But he says the flames were only about three feet high, and the crew of Engine 21 “knocked the fire down in about 20 seconds.”

All of the residents were evacuated, but were allowed back in within about an hour, except the resident of the apartment building directly below the fire, along with his cat. The Red Cross is assisting him with a place to stay tonight, while crews clean up.

The cause was accidental, most likely caused by roofing work earlier in the day. The damage estimate is $20,000.

Moore says a fire engine will be stationed in front of the building all night, as a precaution. Fire crews will rotate on two-hour intervals.

Earlier: There’s a big Seattle Fire Department response to the four-story Greentree building at 7100 Greenwood Ave N. The call came in at 6:51 p.m. It appears the fire was on the roof. The building houses apartments plus three retail businesses on the ground floor.

Tom sent us this photo from the scene:

Metro has rerouted the number 5 off of Greenwood between North 67th 46th and 80th streets. Riders will need to walk to stops south of 67th 46th or north of 80th.

We just spoke with SFD Public Information Officer Kyle Moore, and he is on his way to the scene to get more information. We will update this post when we hear back from him.

There was a massive Seattle Fire Department response to a apartment condo building at 8501 12th Ave. NW this evening.

According to the Seattle Fire Department Real Time 911 Dispatch, the call first came in at 7:35 p.m. Eleven minutes later, the fire department’s public information officer was called to the scene. And at 7:56 p.m., a fire department chaplain was called to the scene.

We have a call in to SFD and we will update this post when we know more.

Update 9:40 p.m.: We just heard from SFD PIO Kyle Moore, who tells us the flames were shooting eight feet from the front windows and across the deck of the second-floor unit when Engine 35 arrived on the scene. Firefighters kicked in the door and ran in with hoses, knocking the fire down in less than 5 minutes. The fire was contained to just one room of the condo.

Moore said firefighters found a man, who neighbors say was in his 40s, dead on a pull-out couch. His body was burned, but the King County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.

The Seattle Police Department’s Arson and Bomb Squad was called in to investigate, which Moore said is normal procedure whenever there is a fatal fire. No one else was injured.

The four-story building on the northwest corner of 12th Avenue Northwest and NW 85th Street has 33 units. All residents were evacuated during the fire, but have since been let back in. Moore said the firefighters from Engine 35 did such a great job concentrating the water, that there was no water damage to any other units.

“We like to say that firefighters always do a great job, but three different chiefs told me that Engine Company 35 really did a great job,” he said.

The Seattle Public Library is having special story times for preschoolers and their caregivers during October for Fire Prevention Month. Firefighters will read books on fire safety and show off their equipment and fire trucks.

Greenwood Library’s story time is at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 26.

Seattle Firefighters found a dead man inside a burning duplex in Greenwood early Sunday morning.

SFD Public Information Officer Kyle Moore tells me that firefighters arrived on the scene at North 105th Street and Greenwood Avenue North about 3:30 this morning. They found heavy black smoke pouring from a two-story duplex. When they opened the lower unit’s door, they found intense flames, and piles of combustible material all around the unit.

About 10 feet inside the door, they found the body of a man. Another man was found in the upstairs unit; he was treated for smoke inhalation.

It took firefighters 30 minutes to get the fire out. Moore says the bottom unit did not have a working smoke detector, and the battery had been taken out of the smoke detector in the upstairs unit.

Investigators determined the accidental fire was caused by a pinched electrical cord in the bedroom. Damage is estimated at $150,000 to the structure and $50,000 to the contents.

Moore says the King County Medical Examiner should have a cause of the man’s death on Monday.

Update 7:30 p.m.: Seattle Fire Department Public Information Officer Kyle Moore tells us that the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the attic. The homeowner had been working on the roof just prior to the fire, but investigators couldn’t determine whether that work had anything to do with the electrical issue.

Engine 24, first on the scene, reported flames as high as 8-10 feet, and it took firefighters 30 minutes to knock down the fire.

The homeowner escaped without injury. The fire caused $50,000 in damage to the structure, and $20,000 to the contents.

Geoff sent us this closeup of firefighters on the roof.

Earlier: More than a dozen fire trucks and other emergency personnel vehicles are on the scene of a house fire at 706 N. 87th St. in Greenwood.

Our tipster Silver tells us scanner traffic indicates it’s likely confined to the attic.

Karl tweeted us this picture from the scene.

Update Friday: Seattle Fire Department says the 84-year-old man has died. The fire was caused by an electrical malfunction.

Earlier: All those sirens you may have heard Thursday night were from a house fire in Crown Hill, on 12th Avenue NW, just north of NW 85th Street.

The man who lived in the home was found unconscious in the back of the house. He was rushed to Harborview Medical Center “fighting for his life,” according to the Seattle Fire Public Information Officer.

Our sister site My Ballard has the full story.

You can help those living with Muscular Dystrophy when Seattle firefighters man 30 neighborhood intersections to “Fill-the-Boot” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

Firefighters will be out on Aug. 7 and 8 and Sept. 18 and 19 in various parts of the city. Just roll down your window and drop your contributions into the firefighter boot.

In the PhinneyWood neighborhood and nearby, firefighters will be at the following intersections:

• Greenwood Avenue North/North 85th Street (Aug. 7 only)
• 3rd Avenue NW/Holman Road NW
• Aurora Avenue North/North 85th Street
• East Green Lake Drive North/NE 71st Street
• 15 Avenue NW/NW Market Street
• Aurora Avenue North/North 130th Street

Last year, the International Association of Fire Fighters raised nearly 28 million for MDA, making the grand-total for the 57-year tradition over $455 million! In 2011 the Seattle Fire Department boot campaign raised an impressive $120,000 ranking them in the top 50 of all fire departments nationally, and for the eighth year in a row – #1 department in Washington State.

Proceeds raised during the street-side campaign will help support MDA’s local services and research programs, including a week long summer camp for kids, support groups, and local clinics. MDA is a volunteer health agency working to defeat more than 40 forms of Muscular Dystrophy, including ALS and related diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA maintains clinics for area adults and children affected by neuromuscular diseases at Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center.

Lisa sent us pictures of a house fire that happened around 7 p.m. Friday at 946 N. 79th St.

The rental house had an electrical fire in the attic started by a malfunctioning ceiling vent/fan unit.

I live next door and came over with my fire extinguisher when I heard neighbors yelling about a fire. They were yelling that they did not have a fire extinguisher.

We were able to knock down the flames a bit, but they flared up again in the attic and that’s when they called the fire department.

The Seattle Fire Department responded to a fire in a crawl space shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, at a house at 146 N. 84th St. in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood.

That bright light in the middle is from two firefighters investigating the home’s crawl space, where the fire started.

A bystander saw the fire and ran into Chocolati Cafe on the corner of Greenwood and 84th. Two Seattle Police officers who happened to be inside ran outside and called it in.

Fire officials on the scene say no one was hurt.

The call prompted a large fire department response, which is standard for fires in single family homes.

Update Monday: Here’s more information from the Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Line blog:

Electrical Short causes Greenwood House Fire

June 24—Seattle Firefighter quickly extinguished a small electrical fire in the crawl space of a two-story home on the 100 block of North 84th Street.

The Fire Alarm Center received a 911 call at 10:09 p.m. reporting fire coming from the basement of a 2-story home.

Phinney Ridge Engine Company 21 arrived first to find light smoke and flames coming from the side of the house. Firefighters searched the home and made sure everyone evacuated safely.

Within 12 minutes, firefighters knocked down the fire in the crawl space using foam and water. There is minor damage to the home. The damage estimate is $10,000 to the structure.

The cause of the fire was determined to be an electrical short in the crawl space. No one was injured and the occupants were allowed to reoccupy their home.

Update 2:55 p.m.: Helen Fitzpatrick from SFD tells us it was just food on the stove that burned. The scene has been cleared.

Earlier: Firefighters are responding to a fire at a single-family home 707 N. 71st St., on the Green Lake side of Phinney Ridge.

According to Seattle Fire Department’s Real Time 911 Log, the call came in at 2:15 p.m. Fifteen units are responding, including four engines and one ladder truck.

Two men at a Greenwood apartment building were overcome by carbon monoxide just before 5 p.m. today. They were taken to Virginia Mason Hospital and placed in a hyperbaric chamber.

From Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Line blog:

At 4:58 this afternoon, Firefighters were called to the 10300 block of Greenwood Avenue North for a report of 2 men who were overcome by the carbon monoxide. The men were operating a gas powered pressure washer in the basement parking garage of multi-level residential apartment complex when they began experiencing symptoms. The men walked upstairs to their apartment and called 911.

Medics evaluated the two men and say they were alert, oriented and breathing but showed symptoms of CO poisoning. The men, one in his 20′s the other in his 40′s, were in stable condition while being transported to Virginia Mason to their Dive Chamber.

Seattle Firefighters tested the CO levels in the hallways of the apartment complex and found them to be safe.

Thanks to Silver for the tip!

Seattle Fire investigators say yesterday’s fire that destroyed a house in Greenwood, is believed to have started in the home’s basement.

Firefighters battled flames shooting 20 feet in the air, as well as heavy smoke, at 401 NW 95th St. on Wednesday morning. (Thanks to Greg for the photo!)

SFD Spokesman Kyle Moore says investigators are currently leaving the fire’s cause as “undetermined.”