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Historic Belltown building burns; are squatters to blame?

[[PHOTO: Firefighters blast water on the `Wayne building near 2nd and Bell in downtown Seattle. Fire broke out early Thursday morning (Credit: NW Newsradio)]

The 3-story Wayne apartment building is part of a block of condemned buildings. The Wayne caught fire around 4 a.m. Thursday. The fire response quickly escalated to two alarms. By 6:30 the fire was contained and and mostly out, with no reported injuries. Neighbors tell NW Newsradio’s Corwin Haeck they believe squatters may have started the fire by shooting off fireworks.

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