'You're Not Getting Me Today': Watch Wash. Deputy's Scary Wildfire Drive

Sept. 6, 2023
Body camera footage captured a Spokane County sheriff's deputy helping residents get to safety from the raging Oregon Fire and navigating a perilous stretch through the wind-driven flames.

Washington deputies drove "through hell on earth" and braved intense flames as they helped residents escape a raging wildfire last month.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office released footage from the body camera of Deputy Brittan Morgan, who was responding to the Oregon Fire that erupted in the north part of the county on Aug. 18. He was part of the agency's efforts to make sure residents were out of the path of the wildfire.

During the evacuations, Morgan worked frantically with another deputy to make sure people got to safety, following citizens as part of a caravan to escape the fire. In the footage, Morgan can be heard talking to himself as he navigates his SUV through the wind-driven flames.

"You're not getting me today, [expletive]!" Morgan can be heard yelling to himself as sparks hit his windshield.

"I don't want to die in this [expletive]!" he added.

Finally, Morgan and his cruiser emerged from the fire.

"That was [expletive] hairy," he can be heard saying. 

But Morgan wasn't done helping those affected by the blaze. His body camera caught an interaction with a resident who initially refused to leave the area and was trying to save his animals.

"Yo, bro, I was worried about you man," the deputy told the man, reassuring him that he did everything he could to help his animals.

"This is only one story of bravery and courage from the Oregon Road Fire as there are undoubtedly more …," the agency stated in a post on social media. "It is staggering and painful to think about the many people who lost their homes, property and everything they had, but thankfully, they escaped with their lives. Despite the enormous devastation and destruction, it is nothing short of a miracle that more lives weren’t lost, including many first responders who rushed into danger to warn others, saving the lives of many people in the area."

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.

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