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• ‘Extraordinary’ First Hill crash: A woman walked away from her wrecked Tesla in a spectacular high-speed crash Sunday night on First Hill. The Seattle Police Department reported details of the strange incident that ended with the 37-year-old driver smashing into a building in the 1100-block of University Sunday around 6 PM:
  

  Police determined that the motorist was traveling eastbound on University Street when she attempted to make a U-turn near the intersection at University and Boren Avenue. The driver accelerated back through the intersection before the light turned red. While making the U-turn she hit a parked vehicle then continued onto the sidewalk through a railing, and onto a ramp attached to an apartment building.

  The vehicle crashed into the building at a high rate-of-speed and spun around 180 degrees following the impact and fell back onto the sidewalk hitting a streetlight, which fell and damaged a second parked vehicle.

  Police say the crash also did extensive damage to the Ten Twenty Apartments building but Seattle Fire Department confirmed there was no significant structural damage and it was deemed safe for residents. The woman was transported to Harborview with minor injuries. Police say the driver did not show any signs of impairment. State patrol records with details of the crash investigation and any findings involving factors like self-driving systems were not yet available. UPDATE: SPD says there were “no reports of self-driving or autonomous vehicle operations involved” in the crash but that the vehicle was a brand new 2025 model.

• ‘Vacant’ house fire: Seattle Fire was called to a building near 12th and Spruce early Tuesday to a reported fire that spread from outside the structure on the chilly morning. SFD said firefighters were able to quickly knock down the fire that started on a porch and spread into the house’s attic. Seattle Fire reported the 1100-block E Spruce house is a “vacant structure.” The cause of the fire could not be determined, SFD said. There were no reported injuries.
• Candle causes E Olive Street fire: An unattended candle is being blamed for a fire Sunday in an apartment building in the 1700 block of E Olive Street. Seattle Fire was called to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority-leased building just before 5 PM Sunday where the reported fourth floor fire was knocked out by the building’s sprinkler system. Seattle Fire turned its work to getting the sprinklers shut off and assisting residents with water issues. There were no reported injuries.
• E Jefferson gunfire: Police investigated gunfire near 21st and Jefferson Sunday night. Officers were called to the area near Garfield High School to reported shots fired around 11:30 PM. Arriving police found multiple shell casings and damage to a nearby building and Metro bus stop. “Witnesses described an altercation between two subjects on foot with one subject shooting at and chasing the other,” SPD reports. Police searched the area but found no victims and could not locate any suspects. There were no arrests.

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