US-101 Rollover, Vehicle Fire & Severe Burn Extraction
Monterey County Sheriff Deputies, North County Fire Protection District, Cal Fire BEU, and AMR Medic 21 converged Code 3 on northbound US-101 at Mallory Canyon Road following a violent single-vehicle rollover that left a passenger sedan resting on its roof and fully engulfed in flames.
By David Ericksen · Community contributor · Source-checked and edited by MyPG.news · Source status: Official source
Monterey County Sheriff Deputies, North County Fire Protection District, Cal Fire BEU, and AMR Medic 21 converged Code 3 on northbound US-101 at Mallory Canyon Road following a violent single-vehicle rollover that left a passenger sedan resting on its roof and fully engulfed in flames.
First responders extracted a solo adult occupant suffering severe full-body burns from the burning wreckage.
The vehicle fire ignited an adjacent vegetation and roadside brush fire along the highway fence line.
Firefighters established Mallory Incident Command on TAC-41, deployed hose lines, and checked the brush spread.
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US-101 Rollover, Vehicle Fire & Severe Burn Extraction Monterey County Sheriff Deputies, North County Fire Protection District, Cal Fire BEU, and AMR Medic 21 converged Code 3 on northbound US-101 at Mallory Canyon Road following a violent single-vehicle rollover that left a passenger sedan resting on its roof and fully engulfed in flames. First responders extracted a solo adult occupant suffering severe full-body burns from the burning wreckage. The vehicle fire ignited an adjacent vegetation and roadside brush fire along the highway fence line. Firefighters established Mallory Incident Command on TAC-41, deployed hose lines, and checked the brush spread. The patient was transported Code 3 to Natividad Medical Center trauma center, with air medical flight preparations arranged for transfer to a regional burn center. Caltrans and CHP shut down the right lane of northbound US-101 for incident investigation and recovery.
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