In the past 30 years, Bend has had several large wildland fires which either threatened or destroyed multiple homes. The 1990 Awbrey Hall Fire razed 22 houses and damaged several others, while the 1996 Skeleton Fire consumed 30 structures. Although one can imagine a massive wall of fire raging through a subdivision, the reality is […]
Awbrey Hall Fire
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Criminal Intent
A survey of recent wildfire arson
According to the National Fire Protection Association’s 2014 “Intentional Fires” report, from 2007 to 2011, an estimated 282,600 intentional fires were reported to fire departments annually. Outside or unclassified fires accounted for 75 percent of these incidents. One in five arson cases were cleared by arrest or exceptional means, and two out of five of […]