The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 218 requests for service between March 2 and 8, among them the following:
March 2
Residential fire: 3:10 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Valley Regional Fire Authority firefighters, East Pierce Fire, South King Fire and Kent Regional Fire responded to a house fire in Lakeland Hills, where flames were said to be visible from several second-floor windows. Once at the scene, firefighters learned that five people living in the two-story house had already gotten out and that the fire was showing from the windows and melting the side of the house to the east. Crews extended attack lines and quickly brought the primary fire and any exposure to the second house under control. A family member helped the people whom the fire had displaced. Nobody was hurt. Investigators are trying determine what caused the fire.
March 3
Aid call: 1:12 p.m., (South Auburn). When firefighters completed their treatment of an older woman who had injured her leg falling, they arranged for a private ambulance to drive her to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).
March 4
Aid call: 2:13 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters finished evaluating a man who was complaining of back pain after a fall, and a private ambulance carried him to a local hospital.
March 5
Aid call: 2:53 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters rapidly assessed a female afflicted with an unknown illness and then called for King County Medics. Firefighters helped medics treat the female and transported her to a local hospital.
March 6
Aid call: 1:20 p.m., (Pacific). When firefighters had wrapped up their evaluation of a young woman who was having chest pain, they arranged for a private ambulance to motor her to a local hospital.
March 7
Car fire: 4:20 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters hustling to the 400 block of Second Northeast found a car parked on the side of the road in a residential area, with fire in the passenger compartment. Firefighters soon got into the car and put the fire out.
March 8
Motorcycle accident: 7:30 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to a motorcycle that had smacked into a guardrail completed their evaluation of the rider before leaving him at the scene. Firefighters turned the scene over to Auburn Police.
