Bystanders freed a trapped occupant from a burning vehicle Friday after a crash near 32nd Street and Old Fairhaven Parkway in Bellingham. The car had struck a concrete Jersey barrier and caught fire.
Before crews arrived, several people removed the occupant and carried them to a safe distance, KOMO News reported. Firefighters then extinguished the fire, provided medical care and took the patient to a hospital for further treatment.
A separate rescue unfolded in the city on March 20. Officer Ryan Gonthier responded to a single-vehicle crash on Farm Street shortly before 6 p.m. and pulled the driver out through a damaged window. Police said the vehicle became engulfed in flames after the driver was removed, according to an account of the response.
