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Firefighters battle a huge fire at a warehouse in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood.
The fire was reported Saturday night and affected many structures in the area, said Kristin Tinsley, Seattle's Fire Information Officer.
When firefighters arrived, they saw flames as high as 50 to 75 feet, said Tinsley.
A warehouse collapsed but no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was not known immediately, officials said.
The building where the fire broke out would house primarily lumber, Tinsley said.
She told CNN's affiliate, KIRO-TV, that her teams were fighting the fire defensively, meaning they were not entering any of the burning structures.
"At the moment, about five structures are involved. One of them collapsed and burned. So we are trying to actively control what is happening here today, "she said. "We are working to contain the fire, to control it – we do not call it master for the moment – but we do not see it spreading beyond what it is now."
One of the buildings located at the back of the warehouse, where the fire would have originated, would have sheltered propane tanks, Tinsley said.
"… So we have actively tried to make sure that this building does not ignite. It has been damaged, but for the moment we have not received any information that these propane tanks have exploded, "she said.
Local residents
Tinsley said residents would be alerted if evacuations were needed and recommended that members of the public keep their doors and windows closed to prevent smoke from entering their homes.
A witness described the scene at KOMO-TV, a subsidiary of CNN.
"I was about 800 meters to the west of here, doing a barbecue and I could see the heat and the light from the fire," said Conal Groom. "When I arrived here, the closer I got, the more heat, yellow light and fire could be seen."
Groom said that it was heartbreaking: "It's terrible, it's our neighborhood, it's terrible to see."
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