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Polk County News Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 12, 2017 3A DEADLINES NEWS DEADLINES For inclusion in the Wednesday edition of the Itemizer-Observer: Social news (weddings, engagements, anniver- saries, births, milestones) — 5 p.m. on Thursday. Community events — Noon on Friday for both the Community Notebook and Community Calendar. Letters to the editor — 10 a.m. on Monday. Obituaries — 4 p.m. on Monday. A barn fire in the 1800 block of Falls City Road was discovered at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday by the property owner who awoke to his barn fully in- volved in fire, said April Welsh, the spokeswoman for Dallas Fire & EMS. The fire was caused by electri- cal issues. The barn did not have any animals in- side. It contained vehicles, storage and a semi-trailer. When 20 firefighters ar- rived, they took a defen- sive approach to protect the surrounding property, unable to go inside the barn for an interior attack, Welsh said. ADVERTISING DEADLINES Retail display ads — 3 p.m. Friday. Classified display ads — 11 a.m. on Monday. Classified line ads — Noon on Monday. Classified ads are updated daily on www.polkio.com. Public notices — Noon on Friday. APRIL WELSH/ for the Itemizer-Observer CORRECTIONS The Polk County Itemizer- Observer is committed to pub- lishing accurate news, feature and sports reports. If you see anything that requires a cor- rection or clarification, call the newsroom at 503-623-2373 or send an email to ementzer@polkio.com. WEBSITE The Polk County Itemizer- Observer website, www.polkio.com, is updat- ed each week by Wednes- day afternoon. There, you will find nearly every story that appears in the print version of the newspaper, as well as some items, in- cluding additional photos, that do not appear in print due to space limitations. The Itemizer-Observer is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Watch for breaking news, links to sto- ries, sports scores updates and more. WEATHER RECORDED HIGH LOW July 4.................. 87 July 5.................. 91 July 6.................. 91 July 7................. NA July 8.................. 89 July 9.................. 87 July 10............... 82 55 56 52 NA 52 52 57 RAIN .00 .00 .00 NA .00 .00 .00 Rainfall during July — 0.00 in. Rain through July 10 — 33.30 in. Visit us online at www.polkio.com Four fires strike in two days Dallas Fire & EMS respond to two fires caused by cars driving in fields By Emily Mentzer The Itemizer-Observer POLK COUNTY — Two of four fires in two days from July Fourth through Thurs- day were sparked by cars driving on fields, said April Welsh, spokeswoman for Dallas Fire & EMS. “Our conditions are al- ready getting pretty dry,” Welsh said. “We had signifi- cant rainfall this winter, but that has allowed vegetation to grow. Now that it’s get- ting warmer, the warm tem- peratures and the winds are causing things to dry out.” The call for the first fire on July 4 came in just before 3 p.m., Welsh said. “It had the potential to be fairly substantial in size,” she said. People were driving to a vineyard on Crowley Road and may have gotten lost, so turned around in a field. The car caught the field on fire. Welsh said, “It was a total accident.” Thirty firefighters and eight apparatus responded to the roughly 2.5-acre field fire. The rye grass was not combined yet. Loss was about $2,800, Welsh said. “One thing that was kind of unique about this fire is it started out as a fairly small fire, but it was pushed by the wind,” she said. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies, Southwest Polk Fire District, Oregon De- partment of Forestry, Polk County Fire District No. 1, Sheridan Fire and Amity Fire assisted at the scene. A barn fire in the 1800 block of Falls City Road in the early hours on Thursday was deemed as being caused by electrical issues, Welsh said. “That call came in at 5:30 a.m.,” Welsh said. “The property owner woke up and found his barn fully in- volved in fire and called 911.” The barn did not have any animals inside. It had three vehicles, storage and a semi- trailer which were all dam- aged. “It made it more challeng- ing,” Welsh said. “When our firefighters arrived, the shop was fully involved, so at that point, they had to take a de- fensive-type approach and protect the property around it and control the fire itself. There was no way they were going to be able to do an in- terior attack on that.” In total, 20 firefighters battled the barn fire, all from Southwest Polk, Dallas Fire, Falls City Fire and Polk No. 1. The barn and contents are a complete loss, estimated at $25,000, Welsh said. Two smaller fires broke out on July 5, Welsh said. One was a burn pile that got out of control. The other was caused by a vehicle in a field. No firefighters were in- jured in any of the fires from July 4 through 6, Welsh said. A countywide burn ban was initiated on July 3, Welsh said. “Even though we did have the rainfall (this winter and spring), it’s not going to be enough to saturate the ground at this point,” Welsh said. “Our area is agricul- ture. We’re going to start into harvest season real soon. We need to make sure people are really cautious with their farm equipment, where they’re driving, dis- pose of cigarettes properly, and discourage people from burning anything.” When possible, mowing should be done in the morn- ing while there is dew on the ground, Welsh said. If a fire does start, call 911. “Do not hesitate to call 911,” she added. “The quick- er we can get there, the quicker we can get their fire under control. There’ve been some cases when peo- ple have tried to put out their own fires. 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