Tuesday’s deadly fire was the focus of the City of Seattle as they declare an emergency surrounding dangerous, vacant buildings. The Seattle City Council is now giving the fire chief authority to ...

Buildings in Seattle of more than 20,000 square feet — including many captured in this 2022 photo of the city’s waterfront — will need to comply with new energy performance standards that are expected ...

Seattle fire crews are responding to a hazardous materials incident inside a commercial building near East Cherry Street, ...

The Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved rules requiring roughly 4,100 existing buildings of more than 20,000 square feet to slash their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Mayor ...

SEATTLE — Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed emergency legislation Thursday aimed at reducing vacant building fires in Seattle. Harrell's proposed change to the city's fire code would allow the Seattle Fire ...

SEATTLE — New proposed legislation would make it easier to demolish or remediate dangerous vacant buildings in the City of Seattle. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the legislation Thursday ...

Seattle fire crews had a busy Saturday night as they battled an empty building fire. The Seattle Fire Department said around 11 p.m., they got reports of a fire in a one-story vacant building in the ...

Up and down the West Coast, cities face high risk of earthquakes. In Seattle, there is an 85% chance of a major quake in the next 50 years. Historic brick buildings are most at risk. There is even a ...

As summer approaches and temperatures rise, Seattleites are considering how to keep their homes cool and comfortable. Only 53% of Seattle homes have air-conditioning installed, and what used to be an ...

Soon, developers will have an easier time building apartments in downtown Seattle. That’s because the City Council voted 8-1 to exempt residential projects there, along with hotels and research labs, ...

A woman was reported shot in the leg early Sunday morning at a 12th Ave apartment building. Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were called to the Bertha Pitts Campbell Place building just before 6 AM ...