Five dogs perish in Madras mobile home fire, firefighters rescue 2 others; resident to hospital with smoke inhalation

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A resident was taken to the hospital with possible smoke inhalation and five dogs perished in a Madras mobile home fire Thursday afternoon, but firefighters rescued two other dogs, Jefferson County Fire & EMS Chief Jeff Blake said.

Fire crews responded around 2:30 p.m. to the reported fire at the Green Spot Mobile Home Park on Highway 97, arriving to find heavy smoke coming from a bedroom in the home, Blake said.

Crews entered through the front door and were able to quickly extinguish the fire, but the structure was deemed uninhabitable.

Two women and a man lived in the home, and one resident was taken to the hospital with possible smoke inhalation, apparently from trying to rescue the dogs. The other two residents declined Red Cross assistance, the fire chief said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation by the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Blake said the fire was reported just 10 minutes after a very serious medical call involving a motor vehicle crash, so the department’s volunteers helped in the response during the busy period.

“Since we have conflagration resources assisting with the Elk Lane Fire, we were able to handle both calls with assistance from Redmond Fire, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Madras PD and Oregon State Police,” the fire chief said.