Rural House Fire A Total Loss (Photo) - 01/28/26

A 2nd alarm house fire on Port Drive brought 11 apparatus including 3 engines and 4 water tenders with 27 total personnel. The 911 call came in at 11:23 pm reporting that the home was fully engulfed and that everyone had evacuated. The occupants had noticed the fire and evacuated immediately with only the clothes they were wearing, just making it out of the house in time. The rural location of the home meant that there were no water hydrants and all water needed to be shuttled in by tender. The home's long, narrow driveway presented challenges for access and egress of the water tenders and other apparatus. Only one engine could get close enough to the home to pump handlines, while a second engine was set up further down the driveway to relay pump to it from a portable tank kept full by the tender shuttle operations. The home and all contents were a complete loss, as well as a car in the driveway. The fire also extended into some 100' tall cedar and douglas fir trees causing localized damage to limbs above the structure. One firefighter suffered a minor injury but was not transported and no civilian injuries were reported. The Oregon State Fire Marshall's Office is conducting the fire cause investigation. The Red Cross has been contacted to provide assistance to the displaced family. Mutual Aid partners who assisted include Lebanon Fire and Brownsville Fire. The Linn County Sheriff's Office and Pacific Power also assisted at the scene.