Crime & Safety
Edmonds Police Officer Singled Out for Her Heroic Actions During Sunday Fire
Officer Jodi Sackville jumped into the burning building and helped residents evacuate. After being treated for smoke inhalation, she will return to full duty. Fire may have been started by discarded cigarette butts.
An Edmonds police officer who risked her life is being singled out for her heroic actions.
At 3:34 a.m., Edmonds Police officers were first to arrive at the scene of the fire in a second-floor, three-bedroom unit of an apartment complex in the 7600 block of 230th St. SW, between Highway 99 and 76th Avenue NW.
Realizing that the many of the apartment's residents were sleeping, Edmonds Police Officer Jodi Sackville quickly entered the burning building, according to Edmonds Police Sgt. Mike Blackburn. She ran from door to door, alerting residents to the fire and safely evacuating them.
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Tthe 33-year-old Sackville, a 3½-year-veteran, continued evacuating residents until firefighters from Snohomish County Fire District 1, Lynnwood and Shoreline arrived on the scene at 3:39 a.m.
Also on the scene and assisting were Corp. Mike Richardson, Sgt. Jeff Jones and officers Earl Yamane, Ryan Speer, Andy Mehl, David Lim and Jason Shier
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Once all of the residents were safely evacuated, Sackville was treated by paramedics for minor smoke inhalation. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she received medical attention before being released later on Sunday.
Sackville is expected to return to full duty after taking a night off to rest following the ordeal.
Leslie Hynes, a spokesperson for Fire District 1, described Officer Sackville’s efforts as “outstanding!”
The three adults who lived in the apartment, which in uninhabitable, are OK.
Investigators say discarded cigarette butts may have caused the fire.