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Timberline Lodge fire causes little damage. Ski resort to reopen Saturday
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Crews try to extinguish a hearth within the attic of Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon, Thursday, April 18, 2024, on this photograph offered by Clackamas Fireplace District. The fireplace was extinguished early Friday morning and no accidents had been reported.
Courtesy of Clackamas Fireplace District
A hearth on the historic Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon, Thursday night time seems to have brought on comparatively minor injury.
The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives are investigating the trigger.
“Its suspected that embers from the hearth, the primary fire within the headhouse, ignited the roof,” mentioned John Burton, director of promoting and public relations for Timberline Lodge. “The fireplace didn’t penetrate to the inside of the resort.”
Talking on OPB’s “Assume Out Loud,” Burton mentioned firefighters doused the roof and chimney of the lodge for hours with water, leaving a moist mess for clean-up crews on Friday. The fireplace closed the ski resort, however Burton mentioned the plan was to reopen the ski space and day lodge on Saturday and the historic resort on Sunday, following structural inspections.
The lodge, devoted in 1937, is stuffed with artwork from that period. Burton mentioned a number of the paintings and furnishings was eliminated Thursday night.
“I don’t have an evaluation on these items but, however there might be some restoration required for certain,” he mentioned.
Clackamas Fireplace District officers mentioned lodge workers reported a hearth within the attic round 9:30 p.m.
Everybody contained in the constructing was capable of get out by the point hearth crews arrived. No accidents had been reported. The fireplace was extinguished by 2 a.m. Friday.
Crews from Clackamas, Gresham, Hoodland, Estacada and Portland all responded, with some 18 water, engine and ladder vehicles.
“Within the large image, it’s sort of benign, for lack of a greater description,” Burton mentioned. “We’re fairly fortunate.”
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