House Fore Claims Life In Eugene Overnight (Photo)
- 06/26/26
Eugene, OR. Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a structure fire late Thursday night in Eugene’s Churchill neighborhood. Just before 11 PM on June 25th calls began to come in to Central Lane 911 reporting a house on fire possibly extending to another occupancy in the 2500 block of Brittania Pl.
Engine 10 from the Bailey Hill station arrived to find a large volume of fire from one unit of a two story four plex. Confronted with challenging fire conditions in the entry way of a multiple unit occupancy and victims, a second alarm was requested.
Unfortunately there were injuries and a loss of life in this incident. One seriously injured occupant was transported to RiverBend. A second occupant was unfortunately located deceased at the scene. There were no other reported injuries as occupants of adjoining units safely evacuated.
Firefighters contained the main body of fire to the original occupancy but did have to manage fire in the attic space of an adjoining unit. In all, 8 fire companies, 4 chiefs, 4 ambulances, 2 deputy fire marshals, EMS 1 and Support 1 responded to this incident. The cause is under investigation.
House Fore Claims Life In Eugene Overnight (Photo)
- 06/26/26
Eugene, OR. Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a structure fire late Thursday night in Eugene’s Churchill neighborhood. Just before 11 PM on June 25th calls began to come in to Central Lane 911 reporting a house on fire possibly extending to another occupancy in the 2500 block of Brittania Pl.
Engine 10 from the Bailey Hill station arrived to find a large volume of fire from one unit of a two story four plex. Confronted with challenging fire conditions in the entry way of a multiple unit occupancy and victims, a second alarm was requested.
Unfortunately there were injuries and a loss of life in this incident. One seriously injured occupant was transported to RiverBend. A second occupant was unfortunately located deceased at the scene. There were no other reported injuries as occupants of adjoining units safely evacuated.
Firefighters contained the main body of fire to the original occupancy but did have to manage fire in the attic space of an adjoining unit. In all, 8 fire companies, 4 chiefs, 4 ambulances, 2 deputy fire marshals, EMS 1 and Support 1 responded to this incident. The cause is under investigation.