FIRE AT TRANSIENT CAMP OFF EAST ANTLER AVENUE, MARKS SECOND IN ONE DAY

Deschutes Co. Sheriff's Office

On June 15, 2023, at approximately 3:30 pm, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a report of a tree fire near a transient camp off of E Antler Avenue in Redmond, OR.  This area of E Antler Avenue is located approximately 1,000 meters North of Hwy 126 E (Mile Post 2).

As Deputies arrived, Redmond Fire Department was already on-scene and had successfully contained and extinguished the fire.  One large Juniper tree was burned from the ground up, approximately (6) feet high.  A small patch of surrounding brush, approximately (30) feet x (15) feet, was also extinguished.  

Redmond Fire Department personnel were on scene for approximately (1) hour.  They determined the fire was likely caused by smoldering embers from a nearby transient fire, which they responded to and extinguished, the day prior.