Seattle Fire Department monitoring 139 ‘dangerous structures’ at risk of demolition

The department has not demolished any buildings under new legislation aimed at expediting the process, but 33 buildings have been addressed by property owners.

SEATTLE — Nine months after Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell signed new legislation making it easier for the city to demolish vacant buildings, the fire department says it has yet to tear a structure down.

Despite that, Chief Harold Scoggins suggested the Vacant Building Monitoring Program, which was celebrated as a major win in the fight against vacant house fires, is still producing results.

“Just to be clear, the city has taken a lot of action through the fire department, (but)

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