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Type of incident: Structure Fire
Address of incident: 400 block of NE 51/2 Street, Prineville, Oregon
Incident date: 4/24/2024 Alarm Time: 1418 hours
Description of occupancy: Several outbuildings and sheds
Owner, occupant: Sheds were unoccupied, full of miscellaneous personal items
Circumstances found on arrival; actions taken: Arriving crews found several sheds/outbuildings on fire, with fire spreading rapidly to additional structures. Crews were able to control the fire before it extended to a nearby tri-plex.
Injuries, rescues, other information of interest: No injuries
Responding Apparatus: Two fire engines, one ambulance, and several command vehicles responded
Responding Personnel: 15 firefighters
Mutual Aid assistance by: CCFR was assisted on scene by the Prineville Police Department and City of Prineville Public Works Department. Jefferson County Fire and EMS sent an ambulance to cover the district during the incident.
Probable fire cause: Cause of the fire is undetermined at this time.
Contact: Division Chief – Fire Marshal Russell Deboodt
Office: 541-447-5011