Commercial structure fire damages stores in Kent-Kangley area
Jun 29, 2025, 10:23 AM
Fire broke out at a Kent Kangley neighborhood bakery and store early Sunday morning. (Photo: Puget Sound Fire)
(Photo: Puget Sound Fire)
Firefighters in the Kent-Kangley area knocked down a commercial fire that broke out in a store and a smoke shop early Sunday morning.
The smoke and flames flared up at the Al Rayahin bakery and grocery store, and the Star Vape Smoke Shop, near 104th and Kent-Kangley Rd.
The businesses are surrounded by a locked chain-link fence at night.
So crews with Puget Sound Fire had to use circular saws to cut through the fence to reach the flames.
Firefighters used a circular saw to cut through a fence and gain entrance to the store to battle the flames. (Photo: Puget Sound Fire)
Once inside, they worked to extinguish the flames and search for hot spots.
Firefighters had to open up an exterior wall to reach the fire.
A Puget Sound Fire crew member uses a chainsaw to open an exterior wall to reach the smoldering fire. (Photo: Puget Sound Fire)
It was smoldering inside the wall.
Crews had the fire out after about 45 minutes.
According to descriptions of Al Rayahin in Internet reviews, the business crafts a variety of daily-baked breads and Halal products.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
