VIDEO/PHOTOS: Dozens of displaced residents were distraught outside in Interbay Thursday morning after 25 tiny homes were damaged in a fire.
The fire occurred around 2:43 a.m. and the entire property — along Elliott Avenue West, between Ballard and the waterfront — needed to be evacuated. The cause of the fire is unknown, but Seattle police said one resident is in custody. Police did not provide more information.
The fire spread through another housing facility next door, where people also had to be evacuated. Altogether, about 50 people were evacuated at one point. The Seattle Fire Department said residents in the next-door building were allowed back inside.
A King County Metro bus arrived to provide temporary shelter to people at the scene, and the Red Cross is reportedly en route to help the displaced residents.