{"id":247122,"date":"2025-10-23T22:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/247122\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:24:13","slug":"seattle-police-release-photos-of-suspect-in-intentional-fires-across-three-neighborhoods-kiro-7-news-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/247122\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Police release photos of suspect in intentional fires across three neighborhoods \u2013 KIRO 7 News Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The Seattle Fire Department says multiple fires set over the past week in several Seattle neighborhoods were deliberately ignited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">According to the department, investigators determined that six fires reported between Oct. 17 and Oct. 22 were intentionally set in the Central District, Mount Baker and Rainier Beach areas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">On Thursday, the Seattle Police Department released two photos of the suspect. He is described at a white male, about 6 feet tall, and in his 20s to 30s. He is wearing a camouflage sweatshirt, a brown and camouflage vest with orange triangles on the back, black pants and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">If you have information about who this is, call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/HWTLJWIIKFCCBIT2DCX7IRY4Q4.png\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Seattle arson suspect <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The Seattle Police Department\u2019s Arson and Bomb Squad is also assisting fire investigators with follow-up work to identify whoever is responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The most recent incident occurred Tuesday morning, Oct. 22, around 7:58 a.m., when firefighters responded to a blaze at a residential building in the 1900 block of 22nd Avenue South. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">That fire was ruled intentional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">Earlier incidents include:<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 17, 12:04 a.m. \u2014 Fire in an unoccupied vehicle near 23rd Avenue South and South Walker Street.Oct. 17, 1:04 a.m. \u2014 Porch fire at a home in the 3200 block of South Mount Baker Boulevard.Oct. 17, 4:38 a.m. \u2014 Fire in a portable toilet at a construction site near Hiawatha Place South and South Charles Street.Oct. 18, 6:34 a.m. \u2014 Blaze in a vacant section of a commercial building in the 2700 block of Rainier Avenue South.Oct. 21, 12:31 p.m. \u2014 Porch fire at a vacant building in the 1100 block of East Spruce Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">Seattle Fire said additional intentionally set fires were also reported in the same areas during July and early August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">Investigators are asking for public help in identifying anyone responsible. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The Arson Alarm Foundation is offering rewards from its $10,000 fund for information leading to an arrest or conviction. Tipsters can call 1-800-55-ARSON or email <a href=\"\" rel=\"\">SFD_FIU@seattle.gov<\/a> and may remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The department also urged residents to report anyone seen setting illegal fires by calling 911 immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Fire Department says multiple fires set over the past week in several Seattle neighborhoods were deliberately&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-247122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}