With shouts, cheers and fireworks, Seattle residents celebrated a dominant victory in the Super Bowl - the city's first major sports championship in more than 30 years.
Scores of people took to the streets in the city's Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Seattle police had an increased presence throughout the city.
They sent a tweet on the department's widely followed Twitter account saying, "Officers will be out and about citywide making sure everyone is celebrating safely."
The Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8.
The last time a major Seattle sports team won a championship was in 1979 when the Supersonics took the NBA title. The WNBA's Seattle Storm have won two championships, in 2004 and 2010.
Mayor Ed Murray said in a statement that a Seahawks victory parade would happen Thursday (NZT).
Fans blared horns and launched fireworks.
In the University District, near the University of Washington, fire crews extinguished a bonfire as rowdy fans were out in force.
In Occidental Park in Pioneer Square, near CenturyLink Field where the Seahawks play, people waving "12th Man" flags took to the street, and others climbed trees and sculptures. Some fans got on top of a pergola, breaking glass.
Fans in some neighborhoods blocked traffic, and in downtown a line of cars stretched for blocks as people cheered and horns blared.
Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson the biggest concentrations of people were downtown and in the University District. He said no major disturbances had been reported.
In total, about a half-dozen people were arrested in and around the celebrations across the city while there are also reports of two non-fatal shootings.
Senayet Woldemarian, a 29-year-old physical therapist from The north Seattle Suburb of Shoreline, shrieked giddily and waved her Seahawks flag at honking cars on
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