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Space Needle open as usual after small morning fire

Feb 23, 2024, 11:41 AM | Updated: 11:49 am

Space Needle fire...

X posts from the Seattle Fire Department started at 4:24 a.m., saying there was a fire in a high-rise in the 400 block of Broad Street. (³ÉÈËXÕ¾ 7)

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is open to visitors as usual on Friday after a small morning fire.

“The fire was located in an elevator control room at the top of the Space Needle,” David Cuerpo, Seattle Fire spokesperson, told ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio in an email. “The building is currently undergoing construction.”

Posts from the Seattle Fire Department started at 4:24 a.m., reporting a fire in a high rise in the 400 block of Broad Street.

It took only minutes for firefighters to contain the fire.

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No one was injured and there was little damage.

The Space Needle opened for the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962. It cost $4.5 million to build at the time and took 5,600 tons of concrete poured into the Needle’s foundation.

The last fire to hit the Needle was much larger. In 2021, a fire knocked out power, leaving visitors stuck 600 feet up.

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Bill Kaczaraba is a Digital Content Editor for MyNorthwest.

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