Firefighters say the flames were so intense at first that they couldn’t even get inside. KIRO 7 was on the scene as crews battled the flames, even breaking the locked gates to get their trucks close to the fire.

Officials found multiple broken glass windows in the lodge — "which could have been a point of entry" — and two nearby cabins that appeared to be broken into.

The Seattle Fire Department says the fire at West Seattle's historic Camp Long was intentionally set, and caused approximately $1.2 million in property damage.

The fire reportedly started on the first floor of the historic lodge, built in the 1930s as part of a federal project.

There’s a deep sadness in a West Seattle neighborhood after flames ripped through the historic Camp Long Lodge. The fire at the historic lodge building, located at 5200 Southwest Dawson Street, started around 8 p.