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Thur» Section SANDY, O REG O N THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1982 The Sanity Post A wq M 1962 (Sec. t) SANDY (Ore ) POST— 9 People Home & Garden Features Area News Quick action averts ‘life safety situation’ by M ICHA EL P JONES Post Correspondent A pool house fire, two special rescues, five auto accidents, a motorcycle wreck, 28 first aids and a brush fire occupied the time of firefighters at the H o o d lan d R u ra l E ir e D e p a rtm e n t the past month. At 3:15 p m on Friday, Aug 20, firefighters ‘‘in itial attacked" a brush fire on U S Forest Service pro tected land, 500 feet east of Zigzag Village, just off Lolo Pass Road Also responding to the fire were crews from Oregon State Forestry' and the Forest Service On Thursday, Aug 19. the report of a vehicle over a cliff near Alder Creek, between Mile post 32 and 33, was not as it seemed The mishap involved no passengers. As it turned out. a 1982 Datsun. while in the process of being towed, was released prematurely and plunged over a cliff On Aug 8 the department responded to two auto ac cidents and a motorcycle accident At 12:01 p.m. a male and female overturned while riding a motorcycle on T im b e rlin e Road The male suffered a possible back injury and a possible shoulder fra c tu re . The female sustained possible neck injuries. Both were transported to Gresham Community Hospital by Alpine Ambiance Later that same day, fire d e p a rtm e n t p ers o n n el assisted at two non injury motor vehicle accidents The first occurred at the junction of Lolo Pass Road and the Barlow Trail Road, and the second on Highway 26 near Alder Creek On Aug. 7 a rescue team fro m the d e p a rtm e n t assisted a 16-year-old male who fell from a cliff in the Salm on R iv e r Canyon while on an outing with a Baptist church group R escue p ers o n n el responded at 4:35 p m to the report of the injured hiker, who was three miles up the Salmon River, just south of Zig Zag Upon arriva l rescuers discovered Ricky Gaupso of Portland, who was suf fering from head injuries and a fractured right leg. According to Fire Chief Don Armintrout, it took five hours to carry Gaupso out to Salmon River Road on a Stokes Basket. An early-morning fire Aug 1 totally destroyed a oneanda- half story pool house at the Zigzag village subdivision on Lolo Pass Road, near the town of Zig Zag. A r m in tr o u t sa id f ir e f ig h t e r s fro m his department responded to the alarm at 8:10 a m after receiving a call from the caretaker. Lucy Bowman, who discovered the fire Bowman removed two 25 pound sacks of chlorine that was stored in the shed prior to the arrival of the fire department Her ac tions, said A rm introu t, averted potential problems the firefighters could have had with the chlorine Armintrout said if the chlorine had caught fire it would of created a “ nox ious’’ gas, which could have made it necessary to e v a c u ia te th e e n tir e p o p u la tio n of Z ig z a g Village. He said the inci dent would have turned very quickly “ to a life safe ty situation ’* When firefighters first arrived at the scene they discovered a 350-square- foot building, which was being used as a pool house, totally involved. A total of 13 firefighters, two engines, a tanker and a rescue rig were called to the blaze They were able to get the fire under control by 9:30 a m. But despite their efforts, the building was a total loss. A rm in tro u t estim ated the fire caused 98,000 damage to the building and 93,000 damage to its con tents. The Zigzag Village Homeowners Association owns the building. The fire was started by a pool heater pipe that was located too close to con bustive material, said Ar mintrout On Sunday, July 31, a 1 3 -y e a r-o ld boy was rescued from the Sandy River Armintrout said at 2:50 p m his department per formed a river rescue near the end of Salmon Street in Brightwood He said Jeff Gross of Sandy attempted to wade the river and became trapped on some rocks in the middle of the rapids. At 3:50 p.m. a two-car in jury accident occurred east of the town of Zig Zag, at the junction of Highway 26 and Faubian Road. 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