TALENT, Ore. – A potential disaster was averted with the help of California firefighters.
On the evening of Monday, July 19, firefighters were told about a smoking vehicle that was not currently threatening structures on West Valley View Road in Talent.
However, when crews arrived at the scene, they found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames in an area near the burn scar of the Almeda Fire, close to buildings that were spared from the 2020 fire.
Because it was reported as simply smoking, firefighters didn’t respond in full force. But the ones who were at the scene immediately went to work putting out the flames.