Apartment fire on Satter Drive sends woman to hospital with critical injuries
When deputies arrived, they found the first and second floors of an apartment building in the Greenwood Park complex on fire.
Apartment fire on Satter Drive sends woman to hospital with critical injuries When deputies arrived, they found the first and second floors of an apartment building in the Greenwood Park complex on fire. Check out this story on statesmanjournal.com: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2019/05/06/lancaster-drive-ne-closed-salem-house-fire-satter-drive-ne/1116316001/
David Davis, Salem Statesman Journal Published 5:22 a.m. PT May 6, 2019 | Updated 8:37 a.m. PT May 6, 2019
Fire burns Salem apartment building
An apartment building on Satter Drive burned in an early morning fire Monday. Marion County Sheriff's office
Fire crews stand outside an apartment complex were eight units were burned in a fire early Monday morning. Marion County Sheriff's office
Units from Marion County Fire District 1 responded to an apartment fire on Satter Drive NE early Monday. Marion County Sheriff's office
Units from Marion County Fire District 1 respond to a house fire on Satter Drive NE early Monday. Marion County Sheriff's office
UPDATE at 6:30 a.m.
Lancaster Drive is open to traffic after an apartment fire closed a section of the road early Monday.
Units from Marion County Fire District 1 and deputies from the Marion County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a fire at an apartment complex in the 4000 block of Satter Drive NE around 3:46 a.m., according to dispatch records.
When deputies arrived, they found the first and second floors of an apartment building in the Greenwood Park complex on fire and began evacuating adjacent units, according to the Marion County Sheriff's office.
A 58-year-old woman was rescued from a first-floor apartment and taken to the hospital with critical injuries. Three other residents and three deputies were treated for smoke inhalation.
Officials say eight apartment units were burned in the fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Marion County Fire District 1 was assisted by units from Salem Fire Department, Keizer Fire Department and Marion County Sheriff's office.
Lancaster had been closed in both directions in the vicinity of the fire near Ward Drive NE while crews were battling the fire.
Units from Marion County Fire District 1 responded to an apartment fire on Satter Drive NE early Monday. (Photo: Marion County Sheriff's office)
More information will be posted when available.
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