WALDPORT – A fire that heavily damaged a house in the Bayshore community Saturday night is believed caused by improperly disposed fireworks.
Firefighters and volunteers from three departments – Seal Rock, Central Oregon Coast and Yachats – responded to the blaze at 2509 Oceania Drive at 10:13 p.m. Saturday. The fire started next to a shed, which ignited the shed and spread to the back wall of the house. Firefighters knocked down the blaze on the exterior and then entered the house to fight it from the inside.
The house is owned by Alan and Monique Carlisle of Boise, who were visiting the house they purchased last year.
Fireworks are prohibited in the Bayshore and Sandpiper neighborhoods.
A disaster restoration crew was at the house Sunday boarding up numerous windows broken during the fire.
