The Brief
- A King County Sheriff’s sergeant is being hailed as a hero after spotting smoke while driving through Auburn and rushing to evacuate a burning mobile home.
- Sgt. Robert Nishimura helped a father rescue his 14-year-old son from a smoke-filled residence before evacuating seven more people from a neighboring unit.
- Auburn Police have determined the cause of the fire was arson and are seeking tips to identify those responsible.
AUBURN, Wash. – New bodycam video shows the moment a King County Sheriff’s sergeant jumped into action to save a family from a fire at a local mobile home park.
Sergeant rushes into smoke-filled home
What we know:
At 6:20 a.m. Saturday, April 25, Sgt. Robert Nishimura was driving through Auburn when he spotted a plume of thick black smoke rising above the trees.
He entered the Forest Villa Manor mobile home park to find a fire from a parked Quad Subaru spreading quickly to a covered porch next door, and a family in shock.…