Firefighters rescued a resident trapped in a burning home north of Camas-Washougal in east Clark County Tuesday, Feb. 20.
According to a news release, firefighters from East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR), the Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) and the Vancouver Fire Department responded to a residential fire with a trapped occupant at 412 N.E. Blair Road, north of Camas-Washougal, early Tuesday morning.
When the crew from ECFR Engine 91 arrived, they found a small, one-story house on fire and said a resident “confirmed that an invalid occupant was trapped in his bedroom.”
ECFR and CWFD crews worked to contain the fire while a CWFD crew and the captain from Engine 91 rescued the trapped resident.
ECFR reported in the news release that “the fire was quickly knocked down and the building was searched for additional occupants.”