Two-vehicle crash with fire and injured occupant on I-5 South, Rochester WA


A crash occurred on Interstate 5 South near Highway 12 and 181st Avenue Southwest involving two vehicles. One vehicle caught fire, and a female occupant was ejected and injured. The fire spread to nearby bushes. Emergency responders and law enforcement are managing the scene, providing medical aid, and containing the fire.
Audio|Source: Thurston County Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
00:00
Binghampton and Myers, Adam.
00:02
Adam, Nora, Lincoln, 840.
00:10
Affirm 1-2 is en route.
00:16
Engine 1-2, we have multiple callers on this.
00:19
Sounds like it's just going to be one vehicle on fire.
00:22
There was a female that was ejected from the vehicle.
00:26
That's 40-year-old female conscious breathing rapidly.
00:30
It looks like we did have other callers saying that it might be two vehicles.
00:35
One car is on fire.
00:43
And then one, two, copies,
00:46
one, possibly two vehicles, possible of ejection, uh, one to interrupt.
00:54
One, two, and law enforcement is on scene.
01:00
Do you have an aid unit dispense?
01:07
Capitol, Battalion, 16 will be responding with Engine 1-2.
01:12
The Title 16, law enforcement's advising there's a good fire at spreading some bushes.
01:21
Both vehicles, clear people.
01:25
Receive, do you have any information on the ejected patient?
01:30
I'm getting there.
01:31
There's someone on the ground.
01:32
We definitely do need an ambulance.
01:34
Coffee, one plate.
01:36
Go ahead. Royal Union Sand, 1436.
01:40
That's one on fire.
01:42
Copy second plate.
01:43
Go.
01:46
It's going to be organ plate.
01:49
384, Frank Paul, John, that one is upside up.
01:54
Copy.
02:23
Medic 5, Station 1 6, District 1 General Alert, Fire-Ops 2, ALS Motor Vehicle Accident, 88, Interstate 5 South.
02:35
Cross Street is between Southbound Offerap Highway 12 and Interstate 5 Turnaround 181st Avenue, Southwest.
02:47
Based on the move, it sounds like the cars pop and exploding a little bit.
02:53
We have two involved vehicles right now.
02:56
Okay, and just confirm that both vehicles are clear any patients.
03:04
9-8-58, are you on the left side or the right side of the freeway?
03:10
Right side of the freeway, right south of the Chehalis Travel Center side.
03:18
Awesome, thanks.
03:21
And if one of the units can just confirm on seeing that the vehicles are clear, any patients?
03:30
NJ-12, Battalion, 1-6, just be biased law enforcement listening to that airlift should be on standby for around the phone with them now.
03:37
We have a patient complaining of chronic back pain and neck pain.
03:41
These vices vehicles popping and exploding intermittently.
03:48
One, two, copy.
03:54
Seven eight.
03:55
Seven,
03:57
eight.
03:58
Six, five.
04:03
Boy King, Zebra, Bull.
04:27
Thank you.
04:31
814 ALS Motor Vehicle Accident.
04:34
88,
04:36
Interstate 5 South.
04:37
Cross Street is between Southbound Offer-Up Highway 12 and Interstate 5, 5 Turnaround 181st Avenue South West.
04:49
1019A can you pop your hats? Okay,
05:01
let me give, have 8-1, 841 please.
05:08
841, copy.
05:22
Age 41, ALS Motor Vehicle Accident, 88, Interstate 5 South.
05:29
Cross Street is between Southbound Offerap Highway 12 and Interstate 5 Turnaround 181st Avenue South West.
05:50
833 BLS yellow response at (number withheld) Alco Loop Southeast, number (number withheld).
05:59
Cross Street is between Roxana Drive Southeast and Corporate Center Drive Southeast.
06:08
Danbelain, novel.
06:11
Go ahead.
06:14
There is a janitor, honestly not the west end of the building.
06:18
I'll be contact with them and see if he knows the location or anything about the alarm.
06:25
The fire knows the brush fire is starting to spread west or attempting to contain it, but there's a lot of fire here.
06:43
Unseen of the, like two vehicles rolled off the side of the road.
06:49
Be able to do a triage checking update saw.
06:56
Two tagging one takes on scene, two vehicles rode off, rolled off the side of the road doing triage now.
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Location mentioned:
181st Ave SW, Rochester, WA 98579
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