Firefighters tackle building and brush fire at Eugene

January 12, 2017 at 4:25 p.m. | Updated January 12, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.

by News Tribune

Cole County Fire Protection District firefighters fight a fire that consumed a building and adjacent wooded acreage on Thursday morning, Jan. 12, 2017 along Market Road at Eugene.

Cole County firefighters were called this morning to Market Road in Eugene to fight a structure fire and adjacent brush fire.

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They responded during the 9 o'clock hour to a wooded property on the north edge of town where a building and surrounding acreage containing numerous junk items were burning.

Firefighters were having difficulty gaining access to the blaze from the road. They were using a brush truck and dragging fire hoses through the woods in order to douse the blaze.