Tacoma police officers rushed to save a man stuck inside a burning car yesterday afternoon, pulling him to safety.
According to the Tacoma Fire Department, crews responded to a car crash along South 96th Street just after 5 p.m. Tuesday. The car had hit a power pole before the engine set on fire.
Arriving police officers saw one person still inside the car, and can be seen on body camera footage pulling him from the burning vehicle before navigating downed wires to get him safely out of the way.
Tacoma Fire says the man was taken to a local hospital, and Tacoma Public Utilities responded to address the power pole.