Pet heating mat may have sparked Eugene house fire

A pet heating mat on a porch may be to blame for an house fire in Eugene early Sunday morning.

Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a two-alarm house fire in Eugene’s University neighborhood at 4:10 a.m. after reports of a deck fire in the 1500 block of Orchard Street.

Firefighters arrived within 4 minutes and found the fire had extended from the back deck into the wall and attic of a balloon-framed home, with smoke showing from the eaves…

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