Woman found dead after apartment fire in Springfield

Firefighters found a woman dead after an apartment fire in Springfield on Sunday. According to the Eugene Springfield Fire Department, crews responded to a fire at an apartment complex in the 1000-block of J Street in Springfield just after 5 p.m. on May 12. Firefighters found smoke coming out of a second-floor apartment and started their attack and primary search. ESF said the fire was contained to the apartment of origin. Crews on scene told our team a woman in her 70s died in the fire. She reportedly lived alone. An investigation into the blaze is ongoing.
KEZI-TV ABC 9 Eugene

Klamath Falls fire destroys house, sends elderly woman to the hospital

An elderly woman is in the hospital and a home is completely destroyed after a house fire in Klamath Falls Sunday afternoon. According to Klamath County Fire District 1, firefighters arrived to the house in the 3900 block of Altamont Drive around 1:30 p.m. to find the home fully engulfed flames. Crews say heavy smoke and flames were pouring out of the front windows. Several people who had made 911 calls told the dispatchers they’d heard multiple explosions coming from the house. Firefighters say the explosions were from the woman’s oxygen bottles that were inside the house. They also found downed electrical lines that were still sparking, hindering fire suppression.
KOBI-TV NBC 5 Medford

Southern Oregon battles first wildfire of 2024 as Little Yamsay Fire scorches 6,300 acres

The first wildfire of the 2024 season is burning in southern Oregon. The Little Yamsay Fire began almost a month ago when thunderstorms moved through the area. The fire is located about 25 miles southeast of Chemult. As of Monday morning, the fire has scorched just about 6,300 acres. The fire is 30% contained, officials said. While the firefighters are using techniques similar to prescribed burns, officials tell KATU News that allowing natural fire in the forest is important. “Utilizing natural starts to re-introduce fire to the landscape, at the right place and the right time, is a shift in land management practice that is exceedingly important if we are to return the West’s forests to a level of health and resilience that can withstand drought, increasingly unpredictable and hot summers, and large fast-moving fires,” South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership said.
KMTR-TV NBC/CW+ 16 Eugene

Fire severely damages Fifty Licks Ice Cream shop in Northeast Portland

A fire severely damaged Fifty Licks Ice Cream at its Northeast Portland location at East Burnside and 28th Avenue on Friday morning. Portland Fire & Rescue said the fire spread from the basement up to the top floor of the 100-year-old building. Fire crews said the building layout and thick smoke made it tough to find the source and put it out. Several apartments and two other businesses, a salon and a vintage shop, in the building were also damaged. No one was injured and fire crews rescued a cat from one of the apartments. Chad Draizin, the owner of Fifty Licks, said fire crews went above and beyond to help his store. "The firefighters were in there slogging through the wet, doing a bucket brigade, rescuing our ice cream, and loading it into our ice cream truck. They invented the bucket brigade and they have it perfected," he said.
KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

Tigard house catches fire twice in one day, investigation underway

In just about eight hours, firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue battled two fires at the same house in Tigard. Crews were dispatched to the 10500 block of SW Johnson Street just after 11 p.m. Officials said that they received reports of active flames and when firefighters arrived, they found a fully involved house. Neighbors across the street told KATU News that it was the same house that caught fire earlier in the day, just before 3 p.m. “The first fire was an exterior balcony fire, at the rear of the house,” Corrine Haning, Public Affairs Officer with TVFR said. “The second fire is still under investigation.” Haning said firefighters had the fire under control and had worked quickly to extinguish the blaze.
KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

209-acre prescribed burn set to start Tuesday west of Bend, just west of the Cascade Lakes Welcome Center

Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District firefighters plan to conduct prescribed burn operations on more than 200 acres a mile west of Bend near the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station on Tuesday, bringing with it some road and trail impacts. If conditions are favorable, ignitions will occur on up to 209 acres just west of the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station and directly adjacent to the Cascades Lakes Highway, on the north side of the roadway. Ignitions may continue in the area on Wednesday, if conditions remain favorable. Firefighters plan to begin ignitions around 9 a.m. on the Welcome Station Prescribed Burn. Smoke will be visible from Bend and the surrounding area. Residents in Bend and those south and east of the Deschutes River are encouraged to keep doors and windows closed to minimize smoke impacts.
KTVZ-TV NBC/CW+ 21 Bend