EUGENE, OR — A house fire ignited in Eugene’s University neighborhood early Sunday morning. Flames spread from a back deck into the walls and attic of an older home.
Eugene Springfield Fire responded at 4:10 a.m. on Feb. 22 to a reported deck fire in the 1500 block of Orchard Street. Firefighters arrived within four minutes and found the fire had extended into the wall and attic of a balloon-framed home, with smoke showing from the eaves.
Crews moved to the second floor to stop the fire from extending through the attic while a truck prepared for vertical ventilation. The fire escalated quickly, prompting a second alarm…