Firefighters Face Challenging Conditions At Springfield Fire (Photo) - 06/19/26
Springfield, OR. Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a challenging residential fire in East Springfield Friday afternoon. Crews were dispatched to the 500 block of 52nd St at 12:19 PM on June 19th. Callers reported a fire in the home with individuals attempting to extinguish wirth hoses.
Engine 14 arrived about 4 minutes after the dispatch and reported a working fire with significant involvement in the attic space. Firefighters immediately encountered a large amount of belongings on the interior and exterior of the home causing challenges with reaching the fire. As some crews worked to access the fire, Engine 1 and Tower 3 searched for occupants by enterning windows to occupy what space they could to qucikly confirm everyone was out. Crews were pulled out in to a defiensive posture as the the roof showed signs of impending collapse and it did collapse after all crews vacated the building.
Haz-Mat 2 was dispatched after container was off-gasssing something that smelled like ammonia. After investigation and monitoring there was no threatening or toxic releases identified.
There were no injuries reported with the occupant. The cause is under investigation. In all, fire crews spent about 4 hours working on this fire and will be checking on the property over the next 24.
