The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 190 requests for service between April 6 and 12, among them the following:
April 6
Aid call: 3:30 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters treated a young woman, seven months pregnant, who had just sustained minor injuries in a two-car accident on Highway 167. A private ambulance transported the woman to a local hospital for additional evaluation and treatment.
April 7
Hazardous material leak: 8:18 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters responded to a hazardous material leak involving two young men at a business. Firefighters evaluated and treated four exposed workers, and a private ambulance transported three of them to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center. Firefighters from the South King Fire and Rescue Haz-Mat team investigated and stabilized the spill, and then left its disposal to a private contractor.
April 8
Aid call: 6:13 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters evaluated a woman who had fallen and broken her arm, and a private ambulance transported her to a local hospital.
April 9
Aid call: 5:20 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters stabilized an older woman who was feeling out of sorts, and a private ambulance transported her in stable condition to MAMC.
April 10
Commercial Dumpster fire: 4:16 a.m., Auburn. Firefighters dispatched to a 30-by-10-foot commercial Dumpster fire next to a home in the 3700 block of M Street S.E. found said receptacle filled with rolls of carpet, toilets, doors, etc. Firefighters used their ladder truck to place an elevated master stream of water over the 9-foot sides of the Dumpster and extinguished the fire.
April 11
Accident: 3:44 p.m.. (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to a single-vehicle accident found the vehicle showing heavy front end damage deep into berry bushes. The lone occupant of the vehicle was a teenage girl. The girl was complaining of multiple injuries, and a private ambulance transported her to MAMC.
April 12
Aid call: 10:07 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters responded to the Palermo apartments where a woman lay in the grip of abdominal pain. Firefighters examined the woman and a private ambulance transported her to MAMC.
