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A nearly 4-acre fire broke out near Goshen Friday afternoon, prompting a mutual-aid response from several fire agencies. Crews knocked it down within about an hour, but they plan to monitor for hot spots throughout the evening.
A nearly 4-acre fire spread through a wooded residential area Friday, July 31, between Goshen and Mount Pisgah.
Crews rushed to Highway 58 near Seavey Loop Road around 3:20 p.m. to protect homes from the fire. They knocked it down about an hour later but planned to patrol for hot spots through the evening.
“Just be aware it is hot and dry and things are ready to burn,” said Lt. Tim Wallace of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office at the incident command post of the fire — a resident’s backyard.
“Be very careful and aware, and you should always be ready to evacuate in a moment’s notice if you need to,” he said.
Wallace drove his rig out of a driveway where Stacey Colorado was working when the fire broke out. Colorado, who lives in Eugene, was staying at her former boss’ property, fixing trailers.
“The fire marshal came through, and he’s like, ‘hey, you got a fire in the back, and it’s blowing across the field,'” she recalled.
Colorado corralled her two horses and put her two dogs in her car. They were hardly frightened, despite the stress she felt.
“All the animals here seem to have the self-preservation gene of a Tic Tac, because the horses just like wanted to party with the firefighters,” Colorado said jokingly, and then turned serious. “It’s tinder-dry right now. It’s terrifying.”
Colorado is no stranger to fire, having lived for years in Oakridge — a city that frequently faces wildfire risk at its doorstep and thick smoke that can linger for weeks — before moving to Eugene.
Now, communities closer to Eugene and Springfield, and within city limits, experience heightened wildfire risk, according to a new plan from Eugene Springfield Fire.
That plan identifies that the location where Friday’s fire broke out falls into the Interstate 5 corridor to Cottage Grove risk area, a high-risk zone bordered by forested hills and rural development.
Friday’s response drew on mutual aid from across the region. Pleasant Hill Goshen Fire & Rescue took the lead, dispatching units shortly after 3:20 p.m., said Haley Meshnik, an executive assistant with the department. Five additional agencies responded to support them: Eugene Springfield Fire, the Oregon Department of Forestry, Lowell and Dexter fire protection districts, and South Lane County Fire and Rescue.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Jaime Adame, Ashli Blow, Leo Brown, and Mike McInally contributed to this report.
