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Seattle used its entire complement of fire investigators to determine
the cause and development of this fire (two officers, six fire investigators,
plus two police detectives). The Seattle Fire and Police Departments
teamed to find the tenant who started it. In addition, ATF was
immediately called to the scene and rapidly responded with a 20-member
quick response team that quickly sifted through the debris, took samples
and arranged for lab tests. The ATF tested carpet, carpet pads, concrete, a melted
plastic jug and charred debris. Based on the testimony of the woman who
admitted starting the fire, eyewitnesses standing outside her unit at the
time of the fire, and failure of any tests to turn up accelerants, the fire was
determined by the Seattle Fire Department to be an accidental fire started
by a candle.
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