SEATTLE --
Investigators said a two-alarm duplex fire Monday morning was linked to a series of nearby Dumpster arsons, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
Seattle Fire Department investigators said the fire was caused by a nearby trash bin that was set ablaze.
The house is located on South Warsaw Street in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle where firefighters responded at about 2 a.m. and were still there several hours later to guard against flare-ups after putting the fire out.
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The house is about a century old, and firefighters said that because the old wooden structure has few of the firebreaks that current codes require, the fire was difficult to get out and took about 50 firefighters and two hours to douse.
"I'm just so disheartened that somebody thinks this is fun, because it isn't fun for me," said fire victim Gretchen Olson.
The trash bin fire that sparked the duplex blaze was one of four Dumpster fires that were ignited early Monday in an alley.
Melvin Kelly lived in the front part of the burned house. Kelly said he has lived and worked in the Georgetown neighborhood a long time but will no longer be able to live in the house.
The back part of the house, where Olson lived, was badly damaged. She was able to escape the fire and was evaluated at the scene by medics for possible smoke inhalation.
The fire department estimated damage to the home at $200,000.
