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Fire wrecks Beaverton apartments; 40 left without homes |
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Written by David R. Anderson, The Oregonian June 13, 2008 16:47PM
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Friday, 27 June 2008 15:04 |
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BEAVERTON -- A three-alarm fire tore through an apartment building early this morning, displacing about 40 residents and killing a dog. Investigators were examining whether a discarded cigarette caused the fire after a resident calling 9-1-1 said that might have started the flames he saw from his back deck, said Walt Peck, a Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue spokesman. The blaze damaged 18 units, and Peck said it was "amazing" that no resident was hurt given the amount of fire and height of the flames. "This was a pretty spectacular fire," he said. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 July 2008 17:06 )
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Forecasters: Oregon fire season should be normal |
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Written by ©2008 Associated Press
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Friday, 27 June 2008 14:46 |
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ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) - Forecasters say the wildfire season in Oregon and Washington is expected to be normal this summer. But so far, they tell Ontario Argus Observer, the cool, wet spring has kept fires largely under control. Dan O'Brien of the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland says a normal fire season for Oregon and Washington is 1,600 to 3,300 ignitions with 125,000 to 400,000 acres burned. Robin Heffernan of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says fire agencies expect Oregon-based crews to handle most blazes. O'Brien says a fire in central Oregon was ignited last week when a dump fire got out of control north of Chiloquin and burned into the forest, claiming more than 400 acres. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 July 2008 17:08 )
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Bottled Water Raises Funds for Fire Services |
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Written by NEWS10's Juliane Ngan
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 18:53 |
A new brand of bottled water will hit the shelves of stores in Josephine County to raise money for local fire services. The new water is called "Third Alarm" and will benefit the volunteer fire department in the Illinois Valley. The Illinois Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association is sponsoring the idea. The water is bottled at Thunderbird Springs in Forest Grove and local stores received their first cases this week. Volunteer firefighter Jeff Bradshaw came up with the idea in February. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 July 2008 17:07 )
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