Two Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies rescued a man from a burning car, then performed CPR after he stopped breathing. The sheriff’s office released body camera footage Monday of the Oct. 14 rescue. The car had crashed into a wooded area near Arlington in unincorporated Snohomish County and caught fire.

After deputies pulled the man from the car, he stopped breathing. They performed CPR, and he was breathing again by the time medics arrived to take him to a hospital. The man’s condition and the cause of the crash were not available.

Also on Oct. 14, two bystanders rescued a driver from a small SUV that crashed into a tree and caught fire in Puyallup. In that case, police said the driver was highly intoxicated.

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Firefighters from Asotin County Fire District No. 1 had a busy Monday evening, responding to a structure fire, a wildland fire and a car crash.

According to a fire district Facebook post, firefighters were dispatched to the Pauline Drive area at approximately 6:20 p.m. Crews found a detached deck near a home fully involved in flames. The fire also burned a vinyl fence and threatened a nearby stubble field.

Firefighters quickly brought the fire under control and discovered flames spreading through tall grass nearby. Crews worked to extinguish the additional fire, according to the Facebook post.

As firefighters were wrapping up operations, medics and firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle crash at the intersection of 16th and Elm streets in Clarkston.

Deputies requested medical personnel to evaluate the driver, who had been trapped inside the vehicle for several minutes, according to the Facebook post. The collision remains under investigation by the Asotin County Sheriff’s Office.

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Sanford Fire Department’s new $1.74 million ladder truck deploys in 15 to 20 seconds, helping crews reach upper floors and rooftops of taller buildings faster.

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Avon is advancing plans for a second fire station on its east side to address rising call volume, with construction now expected to start in spring.

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About 80 Huntsville firefighters reported respiratory symptoms after an August SCBA training exercise, after one air trailer failed air-quality testing in June, WAFF reported.

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