After days of residents and a neighbor smelling smoke of undetermined origin, a fierce fire broke out outside a northeast Bend home and quickly spread to one next door Tuesday evening, causing about $300,000 in losses.
Bend Fire Department crews responded around 5:35 p.m. to a report of two adjacent homes on fire in the 1900 block of Northeast Cobble Creek Avenue, near Daggett Lane and Ensworth Elementary School, Battalion Chief Dave Howe said.
They arrived to find both homes well-involved, with fire extending into both attics, Howe said.
Firefighters used a deck gun on one engine to knock down the fire and hand lines to control the flames, which took about 40 minutes, the battalion chief said.