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Oak Knoll fire
Oak Knoll Fire Fight: A four-part series
Oak Knoll Fire News
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Council nixes planning fees waiver policy - 09/08/2011
The Ashland City Council will not adopt a policy to reimburse planning fees when a home is destroyed by a disaster.
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Rising from the ashes - 08/21/2011
Every morning, Rick Ogier leaves his new house and takes his dogs on a walk through the Oak Knoll neighbor-hood.
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Changes have been made in Ashland after Oak Knoll fire - 08/21/2011
ASHLAND — Five acres of dried-out weeds — chest deep in some spots — wave in the hot afternoon wind, entangling old machinery,...
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Thiry out of jail after two weeks - 08/19/2011
John Thiry is back on the streets after serving only two weeks of an eight-month sentence for threatening and throwing rocks at two Ashland Middle...
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$35,600 in donations after fire at Oak Knoll - 05/27/2011
Donations totaling $35,600 were divided and distributed to Oak Knoll fire victims following the destructive Aug.
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Preventing the next Oak Knoll fire - 05/13/2011
Oregon Department of Forestry crews are taking chain saws to blackberry brambles, manzanita shrubs and dead tree branches behind dozens of homes in...
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Council waives Oak Knoll planning fees - 05/05/2011
The Ashland City Council has waived $35,000 in city planning and engineering fees for neighbors whose homes were destroyed by the 2010 Oak Knoll fire.
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'A neighborhood again' - 03/28/2011
The frames of seven houses now stand on Oak Knoll Drive, just seven months after Ashland's worst fire in at least a century ripped through the...
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Thiry jailed for probation violation - 03/17/2011
The homeless man acquitted in the Oak Knoll fire is back in jail on a probation violation after pleading guilty last week to tossing a traffic...
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John Thiry indicted on felony charge - 01/26/2011
The homeless man acquitted in the Oak Knoll fire case was indicted by a Jackson County Grand Jury Tuesday on a felony charge for allegedly throwing a...
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Thiry back in jail after incidents near Exit 14 - 01/25/2011
The homeless man accused of starting August's Oak Knoll fire is back in jail after he threw a 3-foot orange plastic traffic pole off the Exit 14...
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Oak Knoll victims call building fees unfair - 01/06/2011
An Oak Knoll fire victim has asked Mayor John Stromberg to look into refunding some of the fees the city has charged him and other victims as they...
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Oak Knoll firewall hits ODOT roadblock - 01/04/2011
The Oregon Department of Transportation will not build a fire wall between Interstate 5 and the Oak Knoll neighborhood, where a fire destroyed 11...
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No homes for holidays - 01/03/2011
Scraping snow from the foundation of one of the homes he's rebuilding on Oak Knoll Drive Thursday, Dan Thomas grabbed a beam that would become part...
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Thiry not guilty in Oak Knoll fire case - 12/11/2010
A homeless man accused of starting the devastating Oak Knoll fire is free and headed back to Ashland after being found not guilty of two dozen...
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Victims shocked, saddened by decision - 12/11/2010
Ashland residents who lost their homes in the Oak Knoll fire expressed shock and sadness at news John Thiry was found not guilty of all charges by a...
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Arguments to wrap up Thiry trial start today - 12/10/2010
The prosecution rested its case Thursday after playing a taped interview with John Thiry, a homeless man accused of starting an Aug.
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'It was like a war zone' - 12/08/2010
John David Thiry tried to stamp out the fire he started, but when it raced out of control, he and others in the grassy field in south Ashland ran for...
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Thiry trial begins - 12/07/2010
The trial of a homeless man accused of starting a fire that burned 11 Ashland homes this past summer is set to begin today.
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Rising from the ashes - 11/17/2010
The wooden skeleton of a new house is rising above a burned lot at 897 Oak Knoll Drive this week.
Oak Knoll fire: A fire that started in grass the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 quickly destroyed 11 homes and damaged several others in Ashland's Oak Knoll subdivision before it was controlled by firefighters that night. A homeless man was arrested and charged with crimes in connection with the damage.
Fire Response Timeline
- 4:35 p.m. Jackson County Fire District No. 5 receives call to put out a fire at 615 Washington St.
- 4:36 p.m. 9-1-1 call comes in for grass fire at 2380 Ashland St., structures threatened
- 4:37 p.m. Ashland police are dispatched
- 4:38 p.m. Oregon Department of Forestry engines arrive on scene at Washington Street
- 4:39 p.m. First Ashland fire engine rolls out
- 4:40 p.m. U.S. Forest Service Engine 12 on scene
- 4:41 p.m. Ashland Fire & Rescue Engine 8802 on scene, reporting ½ -acre fire on both sides of Washington Street
- 4:43 p.m. Ashland Fire Shift Capt. David Shepherd arrives at Washington and Jefferson streets
- 4:45 p.m. Fire District 5 engines arrive on Washington Street
- 4:47 p.m. Ashland Police Department reports fire jumped freeway
- 4:48 p.m. City employees begin evacuating homes
- 4:52 p.m. Fire District 5 engines are transferred to Oak Knoll
- 4:53 p.m. Units are dispatched to Oak Knoll, report of four structures on fire
- 4:54 p.m. Oak Knoll command is established, and fire is being managed as two fires
- 4:56 p.m. Structural Strike Team is requested
- 4:56 p.m. Fire District 5 engines arrive at Oak Knoll
- 5:01 p.m. Command reports seven structures involved, engines 8851 and 8301 on scene
- 5:09 p.m. Report comes in that 740 W. Pebble Beachs yard on fire
- 6 p.m. Washington Street fire is contained
- 8:30 p.m. Oak Knoll fire is contained
Fire Response Resources
- Ashland Fire & Rescue staffing that day 7
- Agencies responding to the fire 16
- Fire engines 38
- Fire command vehicles 21
- Aircraft 3 helicopters , 1 Air Tac Airplane
- Firefighters and command staff 135
- Other responders: Ashland Community Emergency Response Team volunteers, Ashland police, Jackson County Sheriffs Department, sheriffs Search and Rescue, Ashland Public Works
Resources
- City of Ashland fire information
- Mayor's statement about the fire
- National Fire Protection Association homeowner tips
Photos
Documents
- Assessment of the Citys Response to the Oak Knoll Washington Fires
- Oak Knoll Fire Neighborhood Meeting
Mandy on the Street
After a fire burns 12 houses in the Oak Knoll neighborhood, Mandy Valencia asks, "What would you like to see happen for the affected families?"
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