Fire Department Responses: Fire Put Out in Picnic Point Porta-Potty

Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 316 calls the week of March 29–April 4: 269 emergency medical aid calls, 14 motor vehicle collisions, 11 fires, 10 service calls, two natural gas leaks and 10 automatic fire alarms.

March 29

COLLISION: At 7:34 a.m., three cars collided on the ramp from southbound SR-525 to southbound I-405. Firefighters transported two patients to Swedish/Edmonds Hospital.

March 31

FIRE: At 10:50 p.m., firefighters extinguished a fire in a porta-potty in the 4700 block of Picnic Point Road north of Edmonds.

April 2

COLLISION: At 4:57 a.m., a two-car collision was reported at 132nd Street SE and Seattle Hill Road north of Mill Creek. Firefighters transported two patients to Swedish/Mill Creek Emergency Room.

OVEN FIRE: At 7:35 p.m., firefighters responded to an oven fire at an apartment in the 200 block of 3rd Avenue N in Edmonds. Flames were contained to the oven. Firefighters cleared smoke from the apartment and advised the resident not to use the oven again until it can be repaired. No one was injured.

April 4

COLLISION: At 5:40 p.m., a two-car collision was reported on northbound I-5 north of 236th Street SW in Mountlake Terrace. Firefighters transported one patient to Swedish/Edmonds Hospital.

COLLISION: At 7:16 p.m., a head-on collision was reported at 134th Place SE and 58th Drive SE east of Everett. Firefighters transported one patient to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

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.