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SEATTLE – A man became trapped in a lift truck<\/a> after it made contact with power lines and caught on fire in Seattle’s Queen Anne<\/a> neighborhood Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) first announced the incident on social media just after 9 a.m., saying crews were responding to an energy response call on Queen Anne Avenue North between Comstock Street and Highland Drive.<\/p>\n Crews said when the lift he was in made contact with power lines and caused fuel in the vehicle to catch fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n Officials at the scene said the man appeared to be uninjured and safe, but crews must wait for the power lines to be shut off before attempting a rescue.\u00a0<\/p>\n After a few hours, the man was able to climb down a fire truck ladder. They said he was not hurt.<\/p>\n A witness described hearing a loud noise before the fire started.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “I’m just sitting having a cup of coffee and I heard this really loud boom,” said Deborah Mahan. “Yeah, the guy is still up there and he looks like he’s okay, which is great. But a lot of my neighbors are complaining that they’re out of power right now.”<\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n At 1:40 p.m., more than 500 homes and businesses remained without power.<\/p>\n Crews evacuated a nearby apartment building as they worked to extinguish the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n The smell of gas was thick in the air after a natural gas line on the ground was hit as well. Puget Sound Energy was called in to shut off that line.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this story comes from the Seattle Fire Department and original reporting by FOX 13 Seattle.<\/p>\n MORE NEWS ON FOX 13 SEATTLE <\/p>\n Seattle Seahawks announce they’re up for sale<\/a><\/p>\n Two skiers rescued in separate backcountry incidents near Mount Baker in WA<\/a><\/p>\n Reptile Zoo says goodbye to Monroe, WA community following attempts to save business<\/a><\/p>\n Costco launches mobile app ordering for custom cakes and deli trays, easing customer woes<\/a><\/p>\n Mom urges son’s killer to come forward after Seattle shooting in Pioneer Square<\/a><\/p>\n Young 12’s lost football at Seattle parade leads to call from Seahawk, community response<\/a><\/p>\n To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store<\/a> or Google Play Store<\/a> for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.<\/p>\n Queen Anne<\/a>News<\/a>Seattle<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE – A man became trapped in a lift truck after it made contact with power lines and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[58832,9,24,12,63,48274,122,124,123,1842,618,58831],"class_list":{"0":"post-139067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-king-county","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-queen-anne","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-seattle","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-wa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/man-trapped-on-lift-in-seattles-queen-anne-neighborhood.jpg\")
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