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The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, on June 6, 1889.The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, during the same summer as the Great Spokane Fire and the Great Ellensburg Fire.
The Seattle Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The department is responsible for an area of 142.5 square miles (369 km 2 ), including 193 miles (311 km) of waterfront, with a population of 713,700.
The early Seattle era came to a stunning halt with the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889. Started by a glue pot, the fire burned 29 city blocks (almost entirely wooden buildings; about 10 brick buildings also burned).
Josiah Collins's fire chief hat on display at MOHAI. Josiah Collins was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina on June 17, 1864. He moved to Washington in 1883, where he became a lawyer. [1] He was chief of the volunteer fire department at the time of the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. [2]
Fire Station No. 25 is a former fire station located near the borders of the Capitol Hill and First Hill neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now a condominium apartment building. [2]
Frye developed bakery, butcher, and lumber businesses in the city. With Seattle founders Arthur A. Denny and Henry L. Yesler, he established the first sawmill and grist mill of the city. Frye erected a number of significant Seattle buildings. His first building was the Frye Opera House, which burned down during the Great Seattle Fire in 1889 ...
It is located in Occidental Park, Seattle, near the intersection of Occidental Avenue and Main Street. [3] It was inspired by the deaths of four Seattle firefighters who died January 5, 1995 [4] fighting a fire in the Mary Pang warehouse in Seattle's International District. [5]
Brett Tucker as Fire Chief Lucas Ripley (seasons 1–2, guest season 3): The Fire Chief for Seattle Fire Department. [15] He dies after a fire and leaves behind his friends and colleagues at the Seattle Fire Department. Brenda Song as JJ (seasons 1 & 3): A music reviewer who Dean saves from a fire and later begins to date. [16]