Firefighters From Nearly Every Agency In Linn County Responded To Fight A House Fire Outside Of Sweet Home Sunday Night (Photo)
- 06/15/26
Occupants of a single-family residence discovered a fire in their home Sunday evening just outside of Sweet Home. The residents were able to evacuate the home with their pets and called 911 at 7:11 pm. The call for help came in just 14 minutes after a separate residential flue fire was reported in the Cascadia area. Fire units from Sweet Home were already responding to Cascadia for that fire when one of the engines was diverted to respond to the second fire. An off duty Division Chief responded with the engine, arriving first and establishing Incident Command. He found the attached garage fully involved with fire spreading into the home, 2 vehicles fully involved and fire spreading into the wildland surrounding the home. Command immediately requested a second alarm for personnel, engines, and water tenders, as well as a response from the Oregon Department of Forestry for the wildland exposure. The fire was in a rural area on Wiley Creek Drive, which was unhydranted. Firefighters battled the blaze for over an hour before the Incident Commander requested a third alarm. The 93 degree temperatures and low humidity coupled with high winds, a lack of immediate water supply, and void spaces in the structure were all factors in making this an exceptionally challenging fire to fight. The three alarms brought firefighters and apparatus from nearly every agency in Linn County, and one agency from Lane County. A total of 54 firefighters, 7 engines, 8 water tenders, 2 ambulances, 2 brush trucks, and 4 Chief Officers responded to the scene. Those units responded from Sweet Home, Lebanon, Brownsville, Halsey, Harrisburg, Tangent, Albany, and Mohawk Valley Fire Departments, and ODF. An additional ambulance from Lebanon also provided coverage to the district and transported once during the incident. Firefighters remained on scene throughout the night working to achieve complete extinguishment. We were also assisted by the Linn County Sherriff's Office who provided traffic control, and Pacific Power who removed the utility hazards. One firefighter was transported from the scene to a local hospital by ambulance for a medical event but was in stable condition. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office.
Firefighters From Nearly Every Agency In Linn County Responded To Fight A House Fire Outside Of Sweet Home Sunday Night (Photo)
- 06/15/26
Occupants of a single-family residence discovered a fire in their home Sunday evening just outside of Sweet Home. The residents were able to evacuate the home with their pets and called 911 at 7:11 pm. The call for help came in just 14 minutes after a separate residential flue fire was reported in the Cascadia area. Fire units from Sweet Home were already responding to Cascadia for that fire when one of the engines was diverted to respond to the second fire. An off duty Division Chief responded with the engine, arriving first and establishing Incident Command. He found the attached garage fully involved with fire spreading into the home, 2 vehicles fully involved and fire spreading into the wildland surrounding the home. Command immediately requested a second alarm for personnel, engines, and water tenders, as well as a response from the Oregon Department of Forestry for the wildland exposure. The fire was in a rural area on Wiley Creek Drive, which was unhydranted. Firefighters battled the blaze for over an hour before the Incident Commander requested a third alarm. The 93 degree temperatures and low humidity coupled with high winds, a lack of immediate water supply, and void spaces in the structure were all factors in making this an exceptionally challenging fire to fight. The three alarms brought firefighters and apparatus from nearly every agency in Linn County, and one agency from Lane County. A total of 54 firefighters, 7 engines, 8 water tenders, 2 ambulances, 2 brush trucks, and 4 Chief Officers responded to the scene. Those units responded from Sweet Home, Lebanon, Brownsville, Halsey, Harrisburg, Tangent, Albany, and Mohawk Valley Fire Departments, and ODF. An additional ambulance from Lebanon also provided coverage to the district and transported once during the incident. Firefighters remained on scene throughout the night working to achieve complete extinguishment. We were also assisted by the Linn County Sherriff's Office who provided traffic control, and Pacific Power who removed the utility hazards. One firefighter was transported from the scene to a local hospital by ambulance for a medical event but was in stable condition. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office.