If you lost power last night, you’re not alone: 21,900 customers experienced outages in North Seattle Wednesday night when an underground electrical vault caught fire.
Smoke was seen coming from the vault at about 7:30 p.m. last night near Fremont Ave N and N 107th St. When firefighters arrived they reported that there was no active fire, and there were no injuries.
Seattle City Light (SCL) said crews had to disconnect power for additional customers to safely access the vault.
Crews are on the scene in North Seattle addressing a vault fire. Additional feeders from within the vault system were taken offline in order to safely access the equipment. Current number of customers affected is ~21,000. pic.twitter.com/Qu8uAGYQBK
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) July 17, 2025
By 3 a.m., SCL had restored power to all customers.
Image: Seattle City Light