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What happened
KATU reported on 17 April 2021 that a house described in its headline as iconic was destroyed by a substation fire. The address of the report places the house near Dufur, Oregon, and describes it as abandoned, and refers to neighbours saying it was lost. The full article could not be retrieved, so the cause of the fire, the equipment involved, the extent of damage to the substation, the fire service response and whether anyone was injured are not known.
Contributing factors
Not reported in the material available.
Lessons learned
Keep vegetation, stored materials and combustible structures clear of substation perimeters and set minimum separation distances from neighbouring buildings.
Where a substation fire is reported, review the risk of fire spread to adjacent property and record the cause and response so that other operators can learn from it.
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