You can smell the smoke in the air. Several fire vehicles are there or en route to what appears to be an apartment building or condo off Beach Drive. Scupper is in route. We hope everyone is okay. More to follow – including a video towards the end of this post (scroll down).
Update 3:27 pm. Here are some photos from Scupper who is on the scene at the fire at 3855 Beach Drive. Beach Drive is currently blocked from all of the fire rescue vehicles. Scupper counts at least 9 firetrucks plus at least a couple paramedics with more on the way.
The hoses ran from Carrol Street near LaRustica for a couple blocks. Scupper counted as many as 20 different types of rescue vehicles at one point.
Via Twitter, a lower unit is engulfed in flames.
@westseattleblog – yeah, looks pretty devastating. Fire fighters with hoses from the water side now. pic.twitter.com/7glUstkHAj
— Vanessa Fox (@vanessafox) November 29, 2014
SDP offering to bring in a Metro bus for residents of the apartmentment and checking to see if they have shelter. 
Photos from the beach show the burned lower apartment. 
Scupper reports that some of the fire trucks are leaving now. According to neighbors, it looks like no residents were seriously injured.
4:15 Update: West Seattle Blog reports that a fireman was hurt and was taken to the hospital.
7:30 pm update: One firetruck with crew remains and the fire investigators have recently left the scene of the apartment that caught fire off Beach Drive this afternoon. More information will follow as to the cause of this incident.
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