September 17, 2021 9:40 a.m. 

Crews with the Douglas Forest Protective Association dealt with the Green Valley Fire on Thursday.

Kyle Reed of DFPA said their crews and firefighters with the Sutherlin Fire Department responded to the natural cover fire three miles northwest of Sutherlin near the intersection of Green Valley Road and Rochester Bridge Road. Reed said crews arrived on the scene at about 2:50 p.m. and reported a half-acre fire that was burning in grass and brush and was spreading up a hillside.

Reed said two helicopters were dispatched to the fire and were used to drop buckets of water on the advancing flame front while engine crews and a bulldozer constructed containment lines around the blaze. By 3:30 p.m., crews had the forward spread of the fire stopped at three and a half acres.

Firefighters remained on the scene of the Green Valley Fire until 8:00 p.m. No homes were threatened by the fire and no injuries occurred. A preliminary investigation indicated that the cause of the Green Valley Fire may be power line related.

Reed said additional personnel and equipment from the Fair Oaks Rural Fire Department and the Oakland Rural Fire Department assisted with the Green Valley Fire.