LEBANON, Ore. – Firefighters battled a brush fire near Brewster Road and E. Grant Street on Sunday that burned about 1.2 acres and kept crews on scene for more than two and a half hours.<\/p>\n
According to Lebanon Fire District, firefighters were called to the area at about 5:04 p.m. on July 12. The first battalion chief on scene found smoke coming from trees about 75 feet in from the river. Crews immediately launched a drone to get an aerial view of the fire and figure out how to attack it. The fire had the potential to grow, so the incident was upgraded to a First Alarm. Two off-duty firefighters and six volunteer firefighters came in to help put out the flames.<\/p>\n
Firefighters used a portable water pump to pull water directly from the river since the area was remote. The Oregon Department of Forestry brought in a dozer and built a containment line around the fire to stop it from spreading further.<\/p>\n
One firefighter was stung by a bee during the response. No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
While crews fought the fire, both Lebanon Fire District medic units had to leave to respond to three separate medical emergencies, including a cardiac arrest. Albany Fire Department stepped in to provide engine coverage and make sure the community still had emergency response available.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
With hot, dry and windy weather conditions, Lebanon Fire District is reminding people to use extreme caution with any activity that could spark a fire. Even a small spark from equipment, cars, discarded cigarettes or recreational activities can quickly turn into a fast-moving wildfire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEBANON, Ore. – Firefighters battled a brush fire near Brewster Road and E. Grant Street on Sunday that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[53187,93,2813,2664],"class_list":["post-204872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-brush-fire","tag-lebanon","tag-lebanon-fire-district","tag-linn-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116914056202662492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}