posted 05/05/11 06:05 AM | updated 05/05/11 06:05 AM
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Another paper fire set on Capitol Hill: Police investigating burned newspapers

By jseattle
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Seattle police were documenting the evidence at Broadway and Thomas early Thursday morning at the scene of another suspicious small fire in the city. On the sidewalk near a set of newspaper boxes outside Julia's, another stack of free weeklies up in flames.

Early Wednesday morning, somebody torched a newspaper box in the U District.

Meanwhile on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night, CHS reported on a small fire set to flyers on the north side of the Sun Electric building at 11th and Pine. SPD said they were not yet investigating the E Pine fire as an arson.

In Thursday's Broadway incident, it appeared that the fire had been set to papers inside the Stranger's box. The kiosk at Broadway and Thomas is across the street from the area where buildings were recently demolished for the 230 Broadway project and the frequently targeted Broadway Chase bank.

Damage was minimal and there were no reported injuries in any of the fire incidents.

6:18AM - UPDATE - According to radio dispatches from the early morning hours, SFD was actually called to Thomas twice -- just before 2 AM and about 30 minutes later. We'll see what we can find out about the double call-out.
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Ha!
This is only a crime because it's The Stranger. If it was Seattle Weekly, we'd just let it burn.
Comment by Dirtbutton
May 05, 2011
Keep the streets of Seattle clean!
Thanks for keeping the streets of Seattle clean! People are tired of Dan Savage's trash mucking up the place.
Comment by Barnaby
May 13, 2011