Capitol Hill Fire at 1605 Bellevue Claims a Life

The news about this morning's fire just got grimmer: the P-I reports an elderly man, the last tenant of the apartment building scheduled for destruction, has died before he could even make it to the hospital. The man, in his 80s, was supposed to move out today or face eviction. KING 5 has video of the fire, and a quote from Dennis Saxman, development gadfly, about the victim: "He was having a hard time letting go."
UPDATE: CHS has a chilling photo series and the Slog has more from Dennis Saxman.
We just cycled by and caught some of the clean-up. The firemen were having lunch and keeping the scene under observation. Bellevue was still closed off for that block. Photo: MvB
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