Multiple Agencies Responded to 2 Escaped Open Debris Burns Last Weekend
Firefighters from multiple agencies responded to two calls of open burns that could have turned disastrous last weekend.
Rural Metro Fire Department reports the first incident occurred on Sunday in the 10,000-block of Monument Drive.
Rural Metro and Oregon Department of Forestry crews were originally dispatched to a grass fire that turned out to be a large burn pile that was threatening to catch the residence on fire. The end result was melting of the exterior siding of the home. No spread to the wildland occurred.
The second incident also happened Sunday in the 600-block of North Frontage Road in Wolf Creek. Rural Metro, ODF and the Wolf Creek Rural Fire Protection District responded to an open burn that escaped. Crews were able to hold the blaze to one-quarter acre of grass.
Fire officials remind residents that fire season remains in effect and all outdoor debris burning remains prohibited until further notice. It was unclear in the report if any citations were issued for Sunday's incidents.
Posted on 10/11/23 6:51AM by Sam Marsh
