Fierce fire causes $900,000 damage to two homes south of downtown Bend Published
Third neighboring home has minor damage; residents escape, no injuries; cause undetermined)
(Update: More details from fire official)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire heavily damaged two neighboring homes and caused minor damage to a third south of downtown Bend Friday afternoon, also spreading to a fence, trees and power lines before crews could stop it, an official said. Bond Street and others in the Old Town area were closed for hours while the firefighting work continued.
No injuries were reported from the fire, which was reported shortly after noon at a home in the 600 block of Northwest Florida Avenue, near Bond Street, Deputy Fire Marshal Cindy Kettering said.
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Bend transient arrested on attempted murder charge in stabbing last June
Deschutes County Jail
DA: Suspect wore ski mask, wanted romantic involvement with victim s girlfriend
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 27-year-old Bend transient was arrested Friday on attempted murder, burglary and assault charges, accused of stabbing another man at the alleged victim’s northwest Bend home early last June, authorities said.
Jeffrey Gehrke was arrested by Deschutes County sheriff s deputies and lodged in the county jail, two days after a grand jury indicted him on charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon, court records showed.