Fire Department Responses: Lightning Strikes Tree on 88th Ave. W.

Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 342 calls the week of July 12-18: 257 emergency medical aid calls, 16 motor vehicle collisions, 27 fires, 10 service calls, four natural gas leaks, one hazardous materials call, one technical rescue and 26 automatic fire alarms.

July 13

LIGHTNING STRIKE: At 10:06 a.m., firefighters responded to the 20000 block of 88th Ave. W in Edmonds . They found power lines smoking and called for PUD to respond.

July 14

COLLISION: At 6:59 a.m., firefighters took one patient to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett after responding to a collision at 112th Street SW and 4th Avenue W south of Everett.

July 15

APARTMENT FIRE: At 10:19 a.m., firefighters responded to a two-alarm apartment fire in the 16600 block of 6th Avenue W east of Lynnwood. Two units were damaged by fire and four other units were damaged by smoke and water.  One resident received minor injuries after attempting to enter a burning apartment to see if anyone was inside. Red Cross responded to assist 10 renters displaced by the fire. Damage is estimated at more than $200,000. Investigators determined the fire was started by spontaneous combustion of towels that had been soiled with cooking oil.

July 16

SHED FIRE: At 7:21 a.m., firefighters extinguished a fire in a shed attached to a house in the 900 block of 191st Street SW northwest of Bothell. Investigators determined the fire was started by ashes from a fire pit that had been placed inside a paper bag and stored in the shed. Damage is estimated at $1,000.

July 17

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVESTIGATION: At 11:16 a.m., strewn about the intersection of Edmonds Street and Sunset Avenue N in Edmonds. Hazardous materials specialists were dispatched to ensure no threat was posed to the public. The substance was later identified as baking flour.

STOVE FIRE: At 11:19 a.m., firefighters responded to a stove fire at an apartment in the 16600 block of 6th Avenue W east of Lynnwood. The fire was contained to the oven.  No one was injured. 

PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY CAR:  At 2:29 p.m., a pedestrian was struck by a car at the on-ramp to southbound I-5 on 220th Street SW in Mountlake Terrace. Firefighters transported the teenage boy to Swedish/Edmonds Hospital.

July 18

COLLISION: At 11:58 p.m., firefighters responded to in the 6800 block of Picnic Point Road in Lynnwood. Two of the five occupants were transported by firefighters to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

Fire District 1 is the largest provider of fire and emergency medical services in Snohomish County, serving nearly 200,000 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.