Significant Incidents
The Pendleton Fire and Ambulance Department responds to many events each year (see the Call Statistics page for details), but here’s a list of a few significant events from our history
| 1866 | Hotel burns at Swift & Marshall station |
| 1871 | Pendleton’ s first newspaper is destroyed by fire. |
| 1872 | IOOF Hall burns |
| 1886 | Liberty Hall burns |
| 1889 | East Oregonian Building burned, $8000 damages. |
| 1893 | Villard Hotel at south Main and Court street burns |
| 1894 | Webfoot Saloon Burns |
| 1897 | Byers Flour Mill burns at SE Court and 4th, $200,000 in damages. |
| 1899 | Golden Rule Hotel burns |
| 1920’s | Meat packing house burns at 1800 Westgate. |
| 1940’s | Round Up grandstands burn one month before Round Up. |
| 1943 | Walter’s Flour Mill burns on NW Carden and 14th. |
| 1947 | Byers/Western Milling flour mill burns, entire block lost between SE Court and SE Dorian and between SE 4th and Se 5th. |
| 1956 | St. Joseph Academy burns near Saint Anthony Hospital |
| 1958 | Walter’s mill warehouse burns at NW Carden and 14th |
| 1960 | Stangier Building & Opera House burns at 100 block Se Court. |
| October 5, 1969 | Ranch Club at 1114 SW Court burns |
| July 7, 1971 | Arrow Chevrolet burns in the 300 block of SE Court Ave. |
| 1971 | PGG grain elevator and shop burns across from Pendleton flour mills. |
| September 1973 | Hill meat burns at Sw 27th and Southgate |
| September 17, 1972 | Allied Seed burns to the ground on Rieth road. |
| August 3, 1973 | Horse barn burns at Round Up grounds |
| 1980’s | Holiday House Café burns across from Saint Anthony Hospital. |
| Mid 1990’s | Bowling Alley |
| 1999 | Woolworth Building burns on Main Street |
| 1999 | Roesch building and Raphael’s burns on SE 3rd between Dorian and Court. |
| 1999 | Dust storm on I84 caused major pile up which killed many people. |
| February 11, 2006 | Fatal explosion at General Aircraft |
| March 15, 2007 | Eagles fire burns on SE Frazier from Main to SE 1st. |
| September 18, 2008 | Grass fire started by a train near Birch Creek road and Umatilla River , heavy winds blew the fire to McKay Creek neighborhood. |
| July 2011 | Dobbins-Hart chemical/hazmat fire at the airport |
| July 2012 | Grass fire starts on the north side of Brentwood/South Hill Apartment and strong wind blows the fire south starting two 8 unit buildings on fire. |
| October 2012 | Vandals burn the favorite Pioneer Park wooden castle playground. |
| December 2012 | Tour Bus carrying 47 passengers rolls on top of cabbage hill |