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Kent-based Puget Sound Fire calls windstorm ‘one for the ages’

Published 5:25 pm Wednesday, November 20, 2024

By Steve Hunter

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Puget Sound Fire responds Tuesday night, Nov. 19 to a tree on a trailer in the 22900 block of 184th Street in Maple Valley. Two people were in the trailer at the time. One patient was extricated in a short period of time. It took firefighters an hour to extricate the second patient. One patient was transported to a local hospital by ambulance and the second patient was transported by King County Medic One to an area hospital. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

Kent-based Puget Sound Fire called the Tuesday night, Nov. 19 windstorm “one for the ages” as the agency responded to 308 calls for assistance during a 12-hour period.

Of those responses, between 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 and 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 245 were for storm-related issues, such as fallen trees in the roadway, down power lines, trees falling onto houses and travel trailers, residential fires and carbon monoxide related incidents.

The busiest hour was between 8 and 9 p.m. when firefighters responded to 63 calls for assistance. In the 3-hour time frame beginning at 7 p.m. and ending at 10 p.m., firefighters responded to 154 calls for assistance, according to a Nov. 20 Puget Sound Fire statement.

The agency covers Kent, Covington, Maple Valley, Tukwila and SeaTac.

As of Wednesday evening, Puget Sound Fire reported that the dangers are not over yet. There is still a significant number of people without electrical power and several roads closed due to trees over the roadway, wires down on the roadway, and trees hanging over the roadway, being held up by power lines.

If you come up to a “Road Closed” sign, please do not drive around it, according to Puget Sound Fire. It is there for a reason and is protecting you from danger.

Additionally, if you do not have electrical power, please use lanterns and flashlights for lighting. Due to the potential for fire, please only use candles as a last resort. To lessen the chance of carbon monoxide poisoning, please do not barbecue inside and make sure you do not operate generators and gas-powered equipment in your house, garage and basement.

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