UPDATE: Seattle Fire lifts injured person off barge

1:10 PM: Big Seattle Fire response to the 3500 block of West Marginal Way [map], coded as a “confined-space rescue.” Firefighters have told dispatch that it’s an injured person in a 200-foot barge in a space that’s only accessible via a two-foot-wide opening. They say they’re “working on the water side of the barge.” The address cross-references to Island Tug and Barge, and the firefighters are using “Island” to describe the incident location in radio discussion.

(SFD photos)

1:49 PM: SFD reports firefighters have safely rescued the injured person, who will be taken to a hospital. They used an aerial ladder to lift the person out:

West Seattle Mad Sci Guy March 27, 2023 (1:50 pm)

Helicopters are in the air now too

WSB March 27, 2023 (3:31 pm)

Just TV’s shared chopper. This is one of those incidents where you really had to go airborne to get a view – unless (as evidenced by the photos) you’re a member of the rescue crew.

sam-c March 27, 2023 (1:52 pm)

Thank you for the update that they have been rescued and are headed to hospital. Hopefully they recover and heal well. Thank you firefighters for all you do!

John March 27, 2023 (2:24 pm)

Any word on HOW this happened?

WSB March 27, 2023 (2:52 pm)

An initial tweet from SFD said the person fell. But the “how” investigation is up to L&I, not SFD – assuming it was a worker. I have not checked with them.
CarDriver March 27, 2023 (4:31 pm)

John. News report said he slipped and injured his ankle. Don’t know where on the barge he was but it was an empty sand barge.