ONTARIO — Imagine getting into a car accident in a rural area — which most of Malheur County is — and when first responders showed up to help you, they
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Following a house fire on 5th Street in Adrian Wednesday morning, one person is dead and two others are displaced as stated by Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe in a phone interview Friday.
The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. and responders included the Adrian Fire Department, Adrian Quick Response, a sheriffâs deputy and Treasure Valley Paramedics. As the house was fully engulfed, mutual aid response was requested and was supplied by the Nyssa Fire Department.
According to Wolfe, Duane Daugherty, 88, was trapped inside the house and died in the fire. Information about the two survivorsâ current situation was not available as of press time.