Fire in Lebanon kills one, destroys adult foster care home

VIDEO/PHOTOS: An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire that burned down a Lebanon adult foster care home and left one man dead early Sunday morning. According to the Lebanon Fire District, they got reports of a structure fire around 1:21 a.m. on May 19th. Upon arrival, the owners of the home told rescue crews someone was still stuck inside. The fire was raised to a second alarm fire and resources from all over Linn and Benton counties were called in. The home's two owners and two of the occupants made it out of the building, while crews went inside to rescue the other person trapped inside. Division Chief Ken Foster said crews were able to rescue the man and send him to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, but he later died.
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Clackamas Fire District crews respond after Sandy barn fire spreads to trees

PHOTO: A barn fire in Sandy which extended into a nearby grove of trees prompted response from Clackamas Fire District crews late Friday night. Just after 10 p.m., firefighters were dispatched on report of the barn fire at Southeast Ten Eyck Road and Southeast Thomas Road. On arrival, they found the “fully engulfed” blaze and immediately began to put it out, closing nearby roadways to traffic in the meantime. Authorities say the blaze was successfully extinguished and crews began to clear the scene just after 12 a.m. the following morning. Officials have not yet shared the extent of the damage or reported any injuries.
KOIN-TV NBC 6 Portland

Man killed in house fire in The Dalles

One man was killed in a house fire in The Dalles on Thursday morning. Before 9 a.m., several counties sent firefighters to a house fire on the 900 block of West 19th Street. According to the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, the fire was under control around 9:15 a.m. An evacuation zone was set up one block in all directions from the intersection of west 18th Street and Mt. Hood Street for about two hours. It was lifted around 11:15 a.m. According to The Dalles police, the man killed was a guest and not the owner of the home. The house, as well as several cars, are a loss. Police confirmed ammunition was in the home. The cause of the fire has not yet been released.
KPTV FOX 12 Portland

Yachats fire district has first cash carryover in years after financial struggles erased by levy approvals

Voter-approved tax levies in 2022 and 2023 are making the job of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District’s budget committee much easier. After five years of needing loans to make ends meet between infusions of property taxes, the fire district’s budget committee learned Monday that the district should have a healthy cash carryover of $465,000 when the fiscal year ends June 30. That carryover could grow to $597,000 by the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to the budget prepared by district administrators Frankie Petrick and Shelby Knife and approved unanimously Monday by the budget committee. After years of financial struggles, the district is in much better financial shape after voters last November renewed a five-year tax levy of 61 cents per $1,000 assessed property value after also approving a new, much larger levy of $1.59 in 2022.
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