Eugene, OR – Eugene Springfield Fire responded early Sunday morning to a two-alarm house fire in Eugene’s University neighborhood, displacing the homeowner.
At 4:10 a.m. on February 22, crews were dispatched to a reported deck fire on the 1500 block of Orchard Street. Firefighters arrived within four minutes to find flames had spread from the back deck into the wall and attic of a balloon-framed home, with smoke visible from the eaves.
Crews quickly redeployed to the second floor to prevent further attic extension, while a truck crew prepared for vertical ventilation. The fire escalated rapidly, prompting a second alarm. Firefighters noted that balloon-framed homes, common in older neighborhoods, allow fire to travel quickly through walls and void spaces, often igniting multiple floors…