Fire Sirens

Fire District 1 responded to 305 calls from Nov. 23-29.

Nov. 28

• Nov. 29: 48 calls – 32 medical aid, 5 fires, 3 motor vehicle collisions, 1 carbon monoxide alarm, 5 fire alarms and 2 service calls.

• At 8:17 a.m. firefighters responded to the 6900 block of 220th St. SW in Mountlake Terrace to assist two people stuck inside an elevator.

• At 7:58 p.m., residents of a condominium complex in the 16800 block of Larch Way reported an alarm sounding and smoke coming from one unit in an eight-unit building. Firefighters responded and found the smoke was coming from the fireplace.

Nov. 27

• Crews responded to 47 calls: 25 medical aid, 10 motor vehicle collisions, 6 fires, two service calls and four fire alarms.

• At 8:49 a.m., firefighters responded to the on-ramp from southbound I-5 to southbound I-405 after a car hit the guardrail. One patient was transported by medic unit to Harborview Medical Center.

• At 8:52 p.m. firefighters responded to the SR 525 overpass at Highway 99 for a one-car spin-out collision and transported one patient to Stevens Hospital.

Nov. 26

• Crews responded to 75 calls: 29 medical aid, 38 small fire and service calls (mostly for wires down in trees and on roadways), five motor vehicle collisions and three fire alarms.

• At 8:36 a.m. firefighters responded to southbound SR 525 near the on-ramp to I-5 after a car went off the road and into the median. They took one patient to Stevens Hospital.

• At 9:48 a.m., firefighters responded to car that hit the guardrail on northbound I-405 near the interchange with I-5. No injuries were reported.

• At 11:01 a.m., firefighters responded to southbound I-5 south of 164th St. SW where witnesses said a car rolled twice before landing on its wheels. Two patients were taken to Stevens Hospital.

Nov. 25

• Crews responded to 28 calls: 20 medical aid, two motor vehicle collisions, four fires and two fire alarms.

• At 10:25 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of a car fire inside a garage at a home in the 4800 block of 123rd St. SE. The homeowner used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire before firefighters arrived. Firefighters made sure the fire had not extended into the structure of the garage.

• At 7:27 p.m. firefighters responded to a fire at a home in the 20900 block of 36th Pl. W. The homeowner told arriving firefighters that siding had been burning on the side of his house, but he had extinguished the flames with a garden house. Firefighters removed the burned siding and found the fire had extended into the insulation. They removed the insulation in the area and made sure there was no fire in the wall. The homeowner told firefighters he had cleaned his fireplace and placed the ashes in a bag located near where the fire started.

Nov. 23

• Crews responded to 27 calls: 22 medical aid, two motor vehicle collisions, two service calls and a fire alarm.

• At 8:58 p.m., firefighters took one patient to Providence Everett Medical Center after a car went off the road and into a ditch on Airport Road near Highway 99.

Nov. 24

• Crews responded to 37 calls: 30 medical aid, two motor vehicle collisions, one fire, three fire alarms and a service call.

• At 6:55 p.m., firefighters took one patient to Stevens Hospital after a car collided with a parked truck in the 23000 block of 53rd Ave. W in Mountlake Terrace.

• At 8:45 p.m., firefighters responded to a car-pickup truck collision on northbound I-5 south of 196th St. SW . Four patients were taken to Stevens Hospital.