UMATILLA — The Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District has placed its fire chief, Steve Potts, on paid leave amid an investigation into an “internal matter,” according to Kyle Sipe, chairman
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UMATILLA â About 40 firefighters from four departments responded to a fire at Country Club Apartments in Umatilla on Monday, May 17, according to Steven Potts, fire chief of the Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District.
Firefighters with the Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District were first notified of alarms going off at the complex at 8:13 p.m., followed by reports of smoke coming from a third floor apartment, Potts said. Crews arrived on the scene in seven minutes, and by then, the fire had spread to the apartment on the fourth floor.
Because of windy conditions, there was concern the blaze would spread even further, but firefighters contained the blaze using portable water extinguishers while establishing a water supply on the third floor, Potts said.