2 ALARM BRUSH FIRE BURNS 15 ACRES
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue This afternoon at 2:47pm, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a reported brush fire on SW Spring Hill Road near Sandstrom Road, in rural Washington County. Crews arrived shortly after to find fire burning on both sides of Spring Hill Road. One side was a ditch line/hill close to a house and the other was a large recently cut wheat field. As firefighters arrived on scene, they began to fight the growing fire. They quickly extinguished the fire near the house and concentrated all efforts of the burning field. A moderate wind allowed the fire to spread quickly in the dry field, additional resources were needed and incident command called for a 2 nd Alarm. It took firefighter over an hour to stop the forward progress of the fire. They received help from a neighboring farmer, they “disked” the field with farm equipment. This created a dirt area around the fire, essentially burning itself out. Thankfully no structures were damaged and no injuries