Firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue (FGF&R) were alerted to a house fire at 3:22AM on Friday May 11, 2012 located at 58166 NW Wilson River Highway near the community of Glenwood. Firefighters arrived approximately 20 minutes after being dispatched to find a double wide manufactured home that had burned to the ground with large amounts of fire still showing. Fire crews used multiple hose lines to extinguish most of the fire and contain it to the house; they also had to work around a dangerous power line that was burned to the ground.
The two residents arrived home to find their home on fire. While the husband tried moving vehicles near the burning house, the wife had to travel over two miles to call 9-1-1 from a cell phone. Limited information was given to dispatchers due to the call being dropped after a couple minutes with poor cell phone service in the area. The wife was then able to flag down a passing motorist to assist her by going to a nearby neighbor to call 9-1-1 on a standard phone.
Due to the location being in a rural area, it was an extended response time for the emergency crews to arrive on scene. Also with no fire hydrant near the house, water tenders were used to shuttle water into the scene to fight the flames. Crews had to travel six miles to get additional water from a fire hydrant in the community of Gales Creek.
Firefighters remained on scene for almost four hours extinguishing hot spots. The house and its contents are considered a complete loss. Also near to the house was a boat, travel trailer and multiple other small vehicles, they were all destroyed. At this time a total damage estimate is not available and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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