Flames engulf lower Queen Anne home

Flames were shooting out the roof of a house when firefighters arrived on the scene of a house fire in lower Queen Anne this morning. Firefighters were called to the fire at 6:15 a.m. near 500 W. Republican Street.

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The call came in at about 6:15 a.m. and more than a dozen units were dispatched. According to the SeattlePI.com, two people lived in the house but they weren’t home at the time. A Fire Department spokesman tells the online news site that the fire started as a brush fire and moved up to the building. No word on what started the fire.