Fire destroys Tumalo home; renter without insurance gets Red Cross assistance

Not home at the time losses believed at $100,000

TUMALO, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fireplace destroyed a Tumalo-location produced household late Saturday afternoon, and the American Purple Cross was called in to help the renter, who did not have insurance plan, officers claimed.

Bend Fireplace & Rescue was dispatched close to 4 p.m. to the claimed composition fire in the 65000 block of 97^th Road, off Tumalo Road, Deputy Fire Marshal Cindy Kettering explained.

Crews arrived to find a hearth burning in a 1,500-square-foot created residence designed in 1979, she mentioned.

No a single was property at the time of the fire, she reported.

Even though most of the flames had been knocked down promptly, crews were being challenged in ending the undertaking by a massive amount of combustible products in and about the property, Kettering noted.

Bend Fire was assisted by a drinking water tender from the Cloverdale Fireplace District, and the very last models departed all around 7:30 p.m.

The renter, who lived alone, did not have insurance policies and was assisted by a catastrophe reaction workforce from the Pink Cross, as both of those the residence and contents had been a full loss. Losses have been approximated at $80,000 to the framework and $20,000 for the contents.

3 cats were being missing, Kettering mentioned, but could have been able to get outside via a cat door.

An investigation established the hearth originated outside the house the home, in the entrance deck are, then extended inside of.

“The precise result in of the fireplace could not be identified but is accidental in nature,” Kettering mentioned.

“Bend Fireplace & Rescue would like to inspire everyone who is leasing or leasing their home to have renter’s insurance coverage,” Kettering claimed in a news release. “The homeowner’s coverage plan normally does not deal with the possessions of the tenant.

“Renter’s insurance coverage is incredibly economical and may perhaps go over not only possessions, but living fees incurred if your house will become uninhabitable,” she added. “For more information on renter’s insurance policies, stop by the point out of Oregon’s web page at https://dfr.oregon.gov/insure/home/Pages/renter-coverage.aspx