TACOMA – A Tacoma Fire Department truck was stolen as firefighters battled a blaze in the city’s Hilltop neighborhood Tuesday night.

KIRO News reports the truck was taken around 11:45 p.m., about 20 minutes after crews were called to the scene.

Crews went as far as to ask the woman renting the home that was burning if she had seen anyone get into the truck.

A safety officer made a radio call trying to see if another firefighter had moved the truck. He got a response from someone pretending to be a firefighter, but he instantly knew the voice was not someone in the fire department.

Police and firefighters tracked the vehicle’s GPS and eventually the suspect was stopped and taken into custody. Clinton Scott, 37, was booked on suspicion of motor vehicle theft, drug possession and drunk driving.