A Saturday evening fire behind a home on 17th Street Southwest sent clouds of black smoke billowing as high as the Union Pacific Railroad High Bridge. The fire at 1725 17th St. S.W. was reported at 6:40 p.m. It involved a large pile of wood and other debris from a garage that had either collapsed or had been demolished. Two hoselines were needed to put out the flames. While firefighters were working at that scene, some of them had to leave to respond to a pickup truck on fire on North 29th Street.