TVF&R Blog

Investigators from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue and the Sherwood Police Department are hoping the public can help them with information about the cause of last night’s fire in an empty home at 21961 SW Sherwood Blvd.  

Firefighters TVF&R were dispatched to the home, which is adjacent to the Sherwood Senior Center, at 5:00 p.m.  Firefighters [...]

At 4:01 a.m. Sunday morning, firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, Clackamas County Fire District #1 and Lake Oswego Fire Department responded to reports of a trapped victim in a house fire at 1693 12th Street in West Linn.

Irene C. Anderson had called 9-1-1 from her cell phone to report that she had just [...]

TVF&R fire investigators have concluded that a cigarette ignited a chair inside a Beaverton apartment Wednesday morning, causing a fire that displaced a family. A resident called 9-1-1 just before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday to report a fire in the living room of an apartment at 11965 SW Center Street in Beaverton. When firefighters arrived at [...]

Discarded cigarettes caused a house fire that resulted in $130,000 in damage to a home and its contents in Beaverton this afternoon.  Someone called 9-1-1 at 3:50 p.m. reporting smoke and flames near the roof of a home Beaverton. Firefighters from TVF&R’s Station 53 arrived just three minutes after being dispatched to the fire to find [...]

A working smoke alarm likely saved the life of a Somerset woman early this morning (1/31/10). The fire at 16602 Somerset Drive was reported at 1:04 A.M. Six minutes later, the first arriving TVF&R crew reported flames twenty feet high coming from the back of the home.

Neighbor Victor Risk described the terror of [...]

TVF&R Fire Investigators have determined that today’s fire at 6495 Horton Road, West Linn, was likely caused by a burning ember from the home’s fireplace igniting the shake roof. The home owner’s 9-1-1 call just prior to 4 PM brought a response from 25 firefighters from TVF&R, Lake Oswego Fire & Rescue, and Clackamas Fire [...]

After hours of meticulous investigation at the Park Place Assisted Living Center in Tigard, a Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue investigator has determined that yesterday’s fatal fire was caused by a candle.

The investigator spent most of yesterday processing the scene and interviewing witnesses.  He learned that a candle was last seen lit in the room [...]

TVF&R has received confirmation that the 60 year-old woman firefighters rescued from the Park Place Assisted Living Center early this morning, has passed away.  The name is not being released by TVF&R due to federal privacy laws (HIPAA).  A TVF&R investigator spent considerable time on Monday processing the scene and conducting interviews.  The investigator hopes [...]

At 4:18 am Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue was called to a reported fire at the Park Place Assisted Living Center at 8445 SW Hemlock Street in Tigard. First-arriving crews from Station 53 (Progress) and 66 (Beaverton) arrived and were told that there was a small fire in the living room [...]