Police have arrested a man for allegedly setting multiple dumpster fires overnight near the Seattle Fire Department's station in the University District.
Shortly after 2:15 a.m. on Friday, reports came in for dumpster fires in the area of 9th Ave. NE and NE 45th St. After extinguishing those fires, fire crews returned to their station, only to discover that a man was running around the same area trying to set more dumpsters on fire, according to the fire department. A Seattle police officer chased the suspect into an alley on NE 50th St. between 11th and 12th Ave. NE and detained him. It was at that point that the suspect was found to be under the influence of an unknown substance. He had to be transported to Harborview Medical Center to treat some burns and abrasions he had suffered.