Early Friday morning, November 8th, the Illinois Valley Fire District responded to a Structure Fire off of Redwood Hwy. 199 near Kerby just before 5:30am.
The top floor of a two story house was fully involved in flames at the time of the 911 call. The older structure, with an interior constructed of old dry tongue and groove wood, made it very difficult to fully extinguish the fire.
All residents were out of the house at the time of the call, and American Medical Response responded an ambulance to standby at the scene in the event of any injuries either to firefighters or residents.
STRUCTURE FIRE ON 199 IN KERBY Today, November 8th, at 5:28 AM Illinois Valley Fire District responded to a Structure Fire in the 239xx block of Redwood HWY in Kerby. The top floor of a two story house was engulfed in flames at the time of the 911 call. All residents (not known how many) were out of the house at the time of the call. This older house had lots of tongue and groove wood ceiling making it more difficult to extinguish the fire. AMR had an ambulance on standby at the scene in the event of any injuries either to firefighters or residents. Rural Metro sent an engine and crew to help. The HWY was closed for approximately 36 minutes at which time IV CERT opened one lane to alternating traffic. 11:15 AM 199 was fully reopened. ODOT also provided help the last couple of hours with traffic control. IV CERT also filled air bottles for the firefighters to use. Pacific Power disconnected the power to the house to protect the firefighters from electrical shock. IVFD Rehab provided assistance to the firefighters.
The HWY was closed for approximately 36 minutes at which time Illinois Valley Fire CERT opened one lane to alternating traffic. Hwy. 199 was fully reopened at 11:15am.
The Oregon Department of Transportation also provided assistance with traffic control and Pacific Power disconnected the power to the house to protect the firefighters from electrical shock.
