Truck downs power line

Aug. 1-Traffic in downtown Burien was disrupted for much of the day after a solid-waste-disposal truck hit a power pole at First Avenue South and South 150th Street.

The pole carried a feeder line that provides power to about 2,500 customers, many of them businesses, who were without electricity until mid-afternoon.

Traffic backed up in both directions on First Avenue, was is undergoing reconstruction, and was rerouted onto other downtown streets.

No one was injured in the 2 a.m. accident.

The pole and two transformers were damaged extensively and had to be replaced along with the downed power lines.

Tukwila

Firefighter hurt during call

Aug. 2-A Tukwila firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries while putting out a fire at a condominium.

The injured firefighter, who was treated at a hospital and released, was hurt when a ceiling collapsed inside a unit at Crystal Ridge Condominiums at 15330 Sunwood Blvd.

Other firefighters were grazed by the falling ceiling but did not get hurt.

The injured firefighter was taken to the hospital and later released.

Fire officials said flames damaged at least two units, and activated sprinklers that caused water damage in four other units.

No one was at home in the unit where the fire started at 12:45 p.m. and no residents of the building were injured. Damage was estimated at $300,000.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Compiled by Ralph Nichols