Eugene, OR. Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a fire at an abandoned home in West Eugene early Wednesday. Firefighters were called at 5:08 AM on November 27 to reports of smoke from an abandoned home at 12th and Grant St. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire in the boarded up two story home. Crews worked hard getting the home opened up to access the fire in the home that was filled with trash and in great disrepair. There are no reported injuries and the cause is under investigation.
This is not the first fire at this home or the property. Firefighters were at a second abandoned house on the property earlier this month on November 5th for a warning fire set on the first floor. As noted in a release following a fire at an abandoned home on October 29, these fires are occurring in unsafe buildings where crews have to contend with human waste and used needles on the property in the course of their work.