SEATTLE — A fire in Seattle's Haller Lake neighborhood damaged two homes Monday afternoon - one extensively.
Residents of both homes were able to evacuate and there were no reported injuries, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
Multiple people called 911 to report the fire at around 2:45 p.m. on the 300 block of Northeast 133rd Street. Firefighters could see a large plume of smoke emanating from the fire from the freeway and immediately called for more resources.
The wind caused the fire to spread from the backyard of one home to the neighboring home to the west.
SkyKING video showed the back wall of the house where the fire had originated had completely collapsed, and so had one section of the roof. Charred debris was piled up in the backyard.
The side of the neighboring home was also visibly charred, along with one section of a deck. Seattle Fire said the attic of that home was damaged, but the living quarters were unaffected. Crews are still checking both homes for hot spots.
Neighbor Shayla Dehaai said multiple neighbors were alerted to the blaze. She turned the sprinklers on in her yard in hopes that the fire wouldn't spread to her property.
"(I saw) basically just a bunch of billowing flames, smoke," Dehaai said. "You could see the flames but you couldn't see the house because it was already really intense."
Fire officials have become concerned about a prolonged stretch of dry, warm weather, which means increased fire danger for western Washington.
A fire broke out at a Skyway condominium complex Monday afternoon, injuring two people. They were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
As crews were fighting the condo fire, additional units were requested to fight a brush fire that broke out and was related to the original fire.
Last May was the second-warmest on record in Seattle and the area is currently in a six-inch rain deficit. Temperatures are expected to continue trending above normal in June, according to an outlook from The Climate Prediction Center.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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