Emergency fund set up for Ballard fire victims

Ballard Realty Inc., Property Management, managers of a house on the 2300 block of Northwest 67th Street that was severely damaged by fire July 22, have set up an emergency fund to aid the building's former tenants.

All funds collected will go toward helping the six former tenants with relocation and medical expenses.

Two of the tenants sustained injuries when their home caught fire slightly before 3 a.m. July 22. One injured his ankle while jumping from a second-story window, and the other suffered burns to his hands and feet while fleeing the building, according to the Seattle Fire Department.

Three other residents escaped the fire without injury.

The fire was caused by overheated electrical wiring in the walls on the first floor, according to the Fire Department.

The house is now boarded up and blackened from the first floor to the third-floor attic.

Residents can donate to the emergency fund at Ballard Reality, Inc. Property Management, located at 1702 N.W. Market St., or at Viking Bank, located at 2237 N.W. 57th St., with account number 1016041137.