A human-caused fire destroyed several buildings after it broke out Wednesday.
The South Valley Fire has burned 20,000 acres as of Thursday and forced 400 people to flee which is threatening nearly 100 homes.
After a long battle of firefighters to suppress the fire with extintor, Jeremy Gast put out the last hot spot right next to his barn just south of Dufur.
He said he fought with fear as the fire surrounded his entire property.
"They were spraying the roof of the barn the whole time knowing that embers were landing on it and could fall through the cracks and burn down history," as what Gast informed to a news channel.
Source:
https://www.fireengineering.com/articles/pt/2018/08/farmers-firefighters-band-together-to-save-historic-oregon-barn.html
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