Two Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies pulled a man from a burning car in a wooded area near Arlington and performed CPR after he stopped breathing, reviving him before medics arrived. The man was breathing again by the time paramedics took over and transported him to a hospital.
The rescue happened Oct. 14 in unincorporated Snohomish County, where the car crashed and caught fire in a wooded stretch near Arlington, according to MyNorthwest.com. The deputies got the man out of the vehicle, but he stopped breathing soon after. They performed CPR on scene until he began breathing again, and medics then took him to a hospital. His condition afterward was not available, and the outlet’s report also did not include the cause of the crash.
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office released body-camera footage of the rescue on Oct. 19, five days after it happened, showing the deputies’ response as they worked to get the man clear of the flames and keep him alive.
A String of Roadside Rescues Across the Region
The Arlington rescue adds to a run of similar close calls across the Puget Sound area this fall. On the same day, two bystanders pulled a driver from a small SUV that had crashed into a tree and caught fire in Puyallup, per the same MyNorthwest account. Central Pierce Fire and Rescue crews responded to that scene near 5th Street NW and West Stewart Avenue at approximately 10:42 p.m. The driver, a 25-year-old Arizona woman, was not hurt, nor were the two bystanders who saved her, though police said she was highly intoxicated.
A separate incident on Nov. 13, 2025, described by KIRO 7 saw Snohomish County deputies pull a man from his burning Ford F-150 along State Route 2 after he suffered a medical emergency. That rescue happened in the 15900 block of SR 2, where dispatchers initially received a report that the truck was ramming an SUV before its tires smoked and it caught fire. Sgt. Houghtaling, Monroe Police Department Deputy Byrd and Deputy Soule determined the situation was a medical emergency rather than a road-rage attack, and deputies used fire extinguishers to slow the flames while freeing the driver and moving him to safety before fire crews arrived.
What Remains Unknown
In the Arlington case, key details have not been made public. The man’s condition following his hospital transport has not been released, and the cause of the crash that sent his car into the wooded area remains unreported.
