On July 10 a fire at the once-popular hookah bar best known by its old name, The Rabbit Hole, garnered a full response from the Seattle Fire Department. A recently released report on the incident reveals that a total of 17 vehicles and 46 personnel responded to the visibly smoking building early that morning. By the time the first engine arrived, several chairs and couches were already "completely burned or on fire and smoldering.""Heat from undetermined smoking material" combined with the "[f]abric, fiber, cotton blends, rayon, [and] wool" of their notoriously well-loved couches and one careless smoker were all that was needed to ignite the flames. But the report offers little information about who may have started the blaze, or even whether the business was open the previous night. Fire department efforts to contact the owner found him out of town.
The building received no structural damage, with around $4,500 in damages to the interior and furniture. A full scan of the report is hosted here.
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