Brush fires slow traffic

Jessica Buxbaum Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>An overnight brush fire along northbound Interstate 5 near South 188th Street in SeaTac backed up traffic for 7 miles Monday morning, KIRO 7 reported. Later in the morning, a fire by I-5 in Fife north of Tacoma also slowed traffic, creating a four-mile backup for southbound travelers at one</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/jrb211-humboldt-edu/">Jessica Buxbaum</a></p> 
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            <p>An overnight brush fire along northbound Interstate 5 near South 188th Street in SeaTac backed up traffic for 7 miles Monday morning, <a href="http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/traffic-alert-nb-i-5-s-188th-seatac-down-one-lane-/ngfTf/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">KIRO 7 reported</a>. Later in the morning, a fire by I-5 in Fife north of Tacoma also slowed traffic, creating a four-mile backup for southbound travelers at one point before all lanes were reopened during the noon hour, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.The SeaTac fire broke out just before midnight and spanned 200 yards alongside the road. The fire was contained at 1:30 a.m. but continued to burn throughout the night,<a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/07/overnight-brush-fire-in-seatac-causing-traffic-slowdown-on-interstate-5/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"> according to the Seattle Times</a>. Firefighters <a href="http://www.kentreporter.com/news/267041161.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">from Kent</a>, Federal Way, the Port of Seattle, Boeing, Tukwila and SeaTac all fought the fire. The backup was still two miles at 11:40 a.m., according to  the Washington State Department of Transportation. There was no immediate word on a cause of the fire. — J.B.</p>
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An overnight brush fire along northbound Interstate 5 near South 188th Street in SeaTac backed up traffic for 7 miles Monday morning, KIRO 7 reported. Later in the morning, a fire by I-5 in Fife north of Tacoma also slowed traffic, creating a four-mile backup for southbound travelers at one point before all lanes were reopened during the noon hour, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.The SeaTac fire broke out just before midnight and spanned 200 yards alongside the road. The fire was contained at 1:30 a.m. but continued to burn throughout the night, according to the Seattle Times. Firefighters from Kent, Federal Way, the Port of Seattle, Boeing, Tukwila and SeaTac all fought the fire. The backup was still two miles at 11:40 a.m., according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. There was no immediate word on a cause of the fire. — J.B.

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By Jessica Buxbaum

Crosscut editorial intern Jessica Buxbaum recently moved to Seattle from California where she studied political science at Humboldt State University and worked on the university's newspaper and magazi