Fire Department Responses: 2 Collisions at Highway 99 and 220th St. SW

Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 337 calls the week of Dec. 1-7: 278 emergency medical aid calls, 13 fires, 12 motor vehicle collisions, nine service calls, 21 automatic fire alarms, three natural gas leaks and one carbon monoxide alarm.

Dec. 1

COLLISION: At 5:18 p.m., three cars collided on the ramp from southbound I-405 to southbound I-5. Firefighters transported one patient to Evergreen Hospital. 

Dec. 3

PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY CAR: At 8:17 p.m., a pedestrian was struck by a car at 220th St. SW and Highway 99 in Edmonds. The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, was unconscious following the collision. Firefighters transported the man by medic unit to Harborview Medical Center.

December 4

COLLISION. At 8:32 a.m., , flipped over and came to rest upside down in the parking lot of the Maplewood Rock and Gem Club. Firefighters had to cut through the wreckage to free the driver, who was seriously injured. No one else was in the car. The driver, identified as 78-year-old Susan Malloy, was transported by medic unit to Harborview Medical Center where she died from her injuries.

Dec. 5

CAR FIRE. At 9:46 a.m., firefighters extinguished a car fire at 220th St. SW and 70th Ave. W in Mountlake Terrace. No one was injured.

COLLISION. At 2:24 p.m., firefighters transported one patient to Swedish/Edmonds Hospital after responding to a collision in the 13400 block of Highway 99 north of Lynnwood.

PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY CAR. At 11:25 p.m., a pedestrian was struck by a car at 220th St. SW and Highway 99 in Edmonds. Firefighters transported the injured pedestrian to Swedish/Edmonds Hospital.

Dec. 7

HOUSE FIRE. At 12:23 p.m., . Smoke alarms alerted her to the fire and she was able to safely exit the house. No one else was home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries. Firefighters quickly brought the fire under control and contained the flames to the living room, but there was heavy smoke damage throughout the house. The loss is estimated at more than $100,000. Investigators determined the fire was started by an electrical problem with an artificial Christmas tree.

Fire District 1 is the largest provider of fire and emergency medical services in Snohomish County, serving more than 225,000 residents in the unincorporated communities of Silver Firs, Eastmont, Mariner, Lake Serene, Picnic Point, Martha Lake, Mariner, Lake Stickney, Norma Beach, Hilltop, Hilton Lake and Pioneer Trails; the Cities of Brier, Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace; and the Town of Woodway.