Media Information Release
Type of incident: Structure Fire
Location of incident: SE Wintoon Road (Juniper Canyon), Prineville, Oregon
Incident date: 11/27/2021 Alarm Time: 21:42
Description of occupancy: Double wide mobile home
Owner, occupant: The home was occupied by one female at the time of the fire. Two other males lived on the property and were on the property at the time of the fire.
Circumstances found on arrival; actions taken: CCFR was dispatched to a structure fire with the report of a female occupant still in the home. Upon arrival crews discovered two males living on the property had extinguished the majority of the fire with garden hoses. Upon entry to the home, crews discovered heavy fire damage to the contents in the front half of the home, and significant heat and smoke damage throughout the rest of the home. Crews accessed the heavily damaged living room where the female was reported to have been sleeping and confirmed the female occupant was deceased.
Injuries, rescues, other information of interest: One fatality
Responding Apparatus: One Command Vehicle, two Engines, one Medic, and one Tender
Responding Personnel: Nine
Mutual Aid assistance by: Crook County Sheriff’s office assisted on scene. Redmond Fire provided an ambulance for station coverage while crews were operating at the fire. The Office of the State Fire Marshal and Oregon State Police assisted with the fire investigation.
Probable fire cause: Cause of the fire was determined to be accidental. Through the investigation it was determined the occupant had a history of smoking in bed and was on supplemental oxygen. Evidence at the scene indicated that careless smoking was the most probable cause of the fire.
Contact: Division Chief Russell Deboodt
Office: 541-447-5011 Cell: