LINN COUNTY, OR – On Saturday morning May 24, 2025, at 9:20 AM, Lebanon Firefighters responded to multiple cars on fire in the 700 block of W. Grant Street. The first unit to arrive was an Albany Fire Department medic unit that was moved up to Lebanon to help cover the District as multiple, simultaneous 911 calls were occurring in the city.
The firefighters relayed to dispatch and incoming units of two vehicles fully engulfed and near a structure. Lebanon Fire crews arrived and quickly went to work fighting the blaze when an explosion from inside a vehicle rocked the neighborhood, sending debris into nearby yards and streets. Firefighters continued to advance, extinguishing the blaze and keeping the fire from entering the house.
A second engine arrived and went to work, checking the inside of the house for extension of fire and making sure all residents were out. Unfortunately, while firefighters were battling the car fires the remains of a local resident that had been living in one of the cars was discovered…