The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 163 calls for service between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6, among them the following:
Jan. 31
Aid call: 7:04 a.m., (Algona). Firefighters treated a woman complaining of abdominal cramps and then transported her in stable condition to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
Feb. 1
Illegal burn: 3:46 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to a report of an illegal burn found a small fire in a burn barrel next to a house. The owner agreed to snuff out that fire.
Feb. 2
Car accident 9:32 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to eastbound Highway 18 just east of Auburn Way South for a single-car accident discovered that a disoriented woman had struck the Jersey barrier with her vehicle several times before safely pulling off the roadway. Firefighters treated the woman at the scene and transported her to ARMC for further care.
Feb. 3
Aid call: 6:17 p.m. (Auburn). Firefighters helped a woman complaining of abdominal pain and transported her to ARMC.
Feb. 4
Aid call: 4:39 a.m. (Pacific). Firefighters responding to a man with facial burns discovered that the man had been using his lighter to light up a smoke while he had oxygen in his nose. He sustained partial thickness burns to his face and inside his nostrils. Firefighters treated him at the scene, and King County Medics transported him to ARMC.
Feb. 5
Aid call: 10:22 a.m. (Pacific). Firefighters helped a woman whom a friend had found the previous evening on the ground after a fall. A private ambulance treated and transported the woman to ARMC in stable condition.
Feb. 6
Attic fire: 2:52 p.m. (Auburn). Firefighters responding to the 2600 block of 18th Street Southeast for reports of a possible attic fire arrived to find smoke boiling out of the eves of a condominium. After aggressively attacking the fire from above and below, firefighters confined the fire to a small portion of the attic. The occupants couldn’t reoccupy the home because of the extent of damage. Investigators determined the fire was electrical in origin.
