The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 254 calls for service between Aug. 14 and 20, among them the following:
Aug. 14
Hazardous materials: 12:24 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters and South King Hazmat 61 responded to a leaking fuel tank on a generator, removed said generator from the garage and aired the house.
Aug. 15
Brush fire: 3:03 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to a brush fire in a field snuffed out the flames before they could reach nearby trees.
Aug. 16
Aid Call: 7:20 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters examined a woman who’d injured her leg in a fall, and a private ambulance transported her to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).
Aug. 17
Aid call: 3:59 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters evaluated a teenager who’d injured her arm, and a VRFA aid unit sped her off to MAMC.
Aug. 18
Accident: 4:38 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters and King County Medics stabilized a middle-aged man who had sustained significant trauma in a motorcycle accident, and then transported him to Auburn airport, where Airlift Northwest was waiting to fly him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Aug. 19
Aid call: 8:32 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters evaluated a young man who had been stabbed, and a VRFA aid unit transported him to a local hospital.
Aug. 20
Tree fire: 1:19 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters extinguished flames in several trees that had caught fire while a homeowner was cleaning his gravel with a weed burner. The fire did not reach the home.
