No Injuries From Hillsboro House Fire Thursday Night

HILLSBORO, OR — Nearly two dozen firefighters successfully extinguished a residential fire near the Hillsboro airport Thursday night, according to Hillsboro fire officials. No injuries were reported.

Hillsboro Fire Department crews from Station 5 were dispatched just before 10:45 p.m. July 5 to a residential fire in the 1000-block of Northeast 21st Street, just west of the Hillsboro airport off Northeast Cornell Road.

At the scene, firefighters found the blaze had not only ignited the Southside of the house but also a shed, fence, and tree. The shed, specifically, was fully engulfed, HPD spokesman Bruce Montgomery said. The fire on the house had also reportedly made its way into the attic.

While most firefighters began battling the blaze, others searched for anyone in either the shed or the house. Both structures were empty, Montgomery said.

No cause for the fire has been determined at this time, and no damage estimate is available, Montgomery said.

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