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Police still seeking information regarding the cause of downtown Olympia fire

The aftermath of the Dec. 15 fire at a large commercial apartment complex under construction in downtown Olympia. The Dec. 15 fire started around 5 a.m. at 312 Capitol Way North, according to the Olympia Fire Department and Thurston County dispatchers.
The aftermath of the Dec. 15 fire at a large commercial apartment complex under construction in downtown Olympia. The Dec. 15 fire started around 5 a.m. at 312 Capitol Way North, according to the Olympia Fire Department and Thurston County dispatchers. Steve Bloom sbloom@theolympian.com

A month after a large blaze destroyed an apartment building under construction and damaged several others nearby in downtown Olympia, police are still investigating and seeking information on how it started.

Olympia Police Lt. Paul Lower said on Friday that the investigation into the suspicious fire that started around 5 a.m. Dec. 15 on Capitol Way North is ongoing. He said there haven’t been any new developments, but detectives are continuing to interview people in the area and work with forensics teams.

Lower said the department is still seeking information from the public regarding the fire. Anyone with information is asked to call the department’s non-emergency line at 360-753-8300.

This story was originally published January 14, 2022 at 1:26 PM.

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
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