At 9:46 PM this evening, Marion County Fire District No. 1 was dispatched to a reported residential fire at 638 Lancaster Drive NE, near Durbin Avenue SE. Upon arrival, initial crews discovered a fully involved house fire that was immediately threatening the neighbors home that was approximately 10 feet away. The incident commander upgraded the incident to a second alarm bring additional firefighters to the scene to help suppress the fire and protect the neighboring home.
A fire ripped through a "ToyBox" style RV trailer just after 1:00AM in North East Salem. The trailer was parked at the curb at 2930 Dawn St NE, and appeared to still be attached to a pickup truck. None of the details are available at this time, but we will be looking into this. It does not appear at this time that anyone was hurt.
Earlt Saturday afternoon Marion County firefighters responded to the 6000blk of Culver Dr SE in Salem. While enroute firefighters where told the 4 youth occupants had found a fire upstairs and had fled the home. Upon arrival firefighters found heavy fire and smoke conditions.
This is the most since the 53 fire fatalities in 2008. Residential fires accounted for 34 of the 50 fatalities. The sixteen non-residential fatalities occurred in incidents involving motor homes, outdoor fires, motor vehicle accidents involving fire, and other situations.
At 4:15 PM this afternoon, Marion County Fire District No. 1 (MCFD1) firefighters were called to a possible house fire in the 3000 block of Woodleaf Street in N.E. Salem. Upon arrival, personnel found a single-story home heavily involved in smoke and active fire, threatening neighboring homes. The incident commander immediately upgraded the response to a 2-Alarm Fire, bringing additional fire apparatus and personnel to suppress the fire. After 45 minutes of firefighting, personnel were able to bring the blaze under control. During the firefighting efforts, crews searched the smoke filled home for any victims. No victims were located and no injuries were reported.
The Sundial Manufactured Home Park was the scene of a fire today where two people lost there home. Around 2:30 this afternoon a fire broke out at the rear of a house in space 321 and quickly spread to the whole house. The two people inside were able to escape safely, however the male did have minor burns to his face.
Shortly before 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning a fir broke out in a dethatched garage and quickly spread to the home. It was reported that two occupants got out safe, however we can't verify that at this time. Gusty winds quickly fanned the fire to an inferno and spread the flame throughout the property.
When police and fire personnel arrived on scene they found a fully engulfed apartment unit. They went to work putting out the fire, and when they could, they entered the building for a search and found the boy's body
A truck and two trailers loaded with hay were significantly damaged Wednesday afternoon in a fire along the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 east of Stanfield.
Shortly before 5:00pm Firefighters were called to a report of a residential fire with a person trapped at 3830 SE Adams St. in Milwaukie. Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the house and were told by the home owner that his wife was still inside, unable to get out.