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Fire destroys home on Warm Springs Indian Reservation; residents escape unhurt
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Warm Springs firefighters battle blaze that destroyed home in Sidwalter Flats neighborhood Tuesday evening
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire Tuesday evening destroyed a home in the Sidwalter Flats neighborhood on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, but the residents escaped unhurt, authorities said.
Police and fire crews were called by residents to a home in the 8400 block of the B166 Road, Police Chief Bill Elliott said. There were no injuries reported.
Warm Springs Fire and Safety personnel were still on location on Wednesday. The cause of the fire was under investigation, as crews waited for the remains to cool down.
Warm Springs man arrested in shooting of teen
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 46-year-old Warm Springs man was arrested Thursday evening on reckless endangering and assault charges in the shooting of a 17-year-old, Police Chief Bill Elliott said Friday.
Warm Springs Tribal Police Department officers responded early Wednesday morning to a report of a shooting near a residential area of Warm Springs, Elliott said.
Officers and medics found the 17-year-old male had been shot. He was taken to St. Charles Madras, “and thankfully, the wounds were not-life-threatening,” Elliott said in a news release. “After surgery and a brief hospital stay, the victim was released.”