VIDEO: Five Olympia firefighters rescued a woman trapped in mud near Squaxin Park Wednesday as the tide rose around her, highlighting the hidden dangers of the area’s tidal flats. The 911 call came in around noon, with dispatchers reporting the woman was stuck near Ellis Cove beach with water already reaching her waist and mud up to her thighs.

Rescuers say she attempted to walk from one beach to another when she became trapped — the harder she struggled to free herself, the deeper she sank. “We were racing against time,” said Olympia Fire Lieutenant Steven Busz. “There definitely would have been water over her head at full tide.”

A state Department of Fish & Wildlife boat, which happened to be out on a training exercise at the time, helped Olympia firefighters reach the woman. Rescuers deployed a specialized piece of equipment called a mud board to stabilize two firefighters on the unstable mud flat while three others on the boat worked together to pull the woman to safety. She was not injured.

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A Sunday evening brushfire on the Douglas County side of the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail burned six acres, and forced Highway 28 traffic to divert into East Wenatchee. Wenatchee Valley Fire Chief Brian Brett says the fire, reported at 7:36 p.m., started on the riverside slope below the trail, and appears to have been human-caused.

“We’re working with law enforcement on the investigation of that fire,” Brett told NCWLIFE on Monday. No one was injured, and no structures damaged. The Washington State Patrol closed Highway 28 on either side of the fire area, and drivers had to use Rock Island Road to travel around the closure until late Sunday. Brett said it’s a sign that the 2026 fire season has already taken hold.

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