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Commercial apartment fire caused by burnt food, Tacoma WA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/4/2025 02:22 AM

Near St Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402

Fire crews responded to a commercial apartment building near St Helens Avenue in Tacoma. Initial reports confirmed that the fire was caused by burnt food in one of the units.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

9, 12, and 8, ladder 1, ladder 3, battalion 2, Battalion 1, Battalion 1, Safety 3, BMS 1, and Investigator 1, Channel A3, Commercial St.

00:13

Helens Fire, Webster Apartment, near St Helens Ave.

00:17

Helens Avenue, Unit 205, engines, 4,000. 2, 9, 12, and 8, ladder 1, ladder 3, medic 4, medic 3, battalion 2, battalion 1, safety 3, EMS 1, and Investigator 1, Channel A3, commercial structure fire, Wester Apartments, Unit 205, Town 222.

00:49

I'm Inj11,

00:50

um,

00:55

Inj11 is out in McKinneyway and East D,

00:58

uh, clearing a call right now, calls on that far.

01:06

Stand by Ingen 11.

01:15

Engine 16, Channel A2, Firewatch[1], S.S. Harmon, near South Steel Street. Engine 16, Channel A2, Firewatch, F.S.

01:27

Harmon, near South Steel Street.

01:31

Time 2.25.

01:42

Stand by the Thailand.

01:43

Tutskoma.

01:45

Call back from person on scene, confirm burnt food.

01:54

Toi.2 received initial reports, burnt food.

01:57

We'll continue this complement and confirm.

02:02

Is that 2.26.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Firewatch: Post-incident fire watch to monitor for rekindle

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Location mentioned:

Near St Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402

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