![Firefighters and emergency personnel work the scene of a possible fire Saturday night, April 15, 2017, in the 200 block of Seward Street, downtown Juneau. (Photo courtesy of Tripp J Crouse)](http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/04/041517-downtown-fire-main.jpg)
And then I heard a fire truck, and then another, and another.
Two went by.
I looked outside our atrium that looks out over downtown Juneau.
I could see smoke coming from somewhere near the Subway, but couldn't pinpoint which building might be on fire. I could see people standing at the corner of 2nd and Seward staring up the latter. I grabbed my best camera, swapped the 50mm lense for the 28-200, and headed out the door.
(I regrettably left my phone, my second camera and my audio recorder behind me. I typically pack everything in a sort of "go bag," so that I have everything in reach when I need it. However, I had lightened a little so that I could walk around with it earlier in the day.)
![Alex Brown, the general manager at Alaskan Dames Consignment Shop, captures a video Saturday, April 15, 2017, while firefighters and emergency personnel work the scene of a fire in the 200 block of Seward Street, downtown Juneau.](http://www.trippjcrouse.com/uploads/1/8/9/3/18935199/041517-downtown-fire-3_1_orig.jpg)
![A firefighter attempts to start a chainsaw Saturday night, April 15, 2017, amid smoke coming from a fire in the 200 block of Seward Street, downtown Juneau.](http://www.trippjcrouse.com/uploads/1/8/9/3/18935199/041517-downtown-fire-2_1_orig.jpg)
![KTOO reporter Quinton Chandler records audio for a news report downtown Juneau.](http://www.trippjcrouse.com/uploads/1/8/9/3/18935199/041517-downtown-fire-quinton_1_orig.jpg)