WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — Two people were injured after jumping out of window to escape a fire at their townhouse in unincorporated Washington County Sunday morning.
Responders from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue were called about 5:30 a.m. to a fire at the multi-story townhouse, on Sedona Lane in the Quatama area, east of Hillsboro.
Two occupants in the townhouse heard their smoke alarms sounding but were trapped upstairs due to thick smoke that had made its way to their room, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue officials said.
They ended up jumping out an upper-level window to escape.
Deputies from Washington County Sheriff's Office evacuated adjoining units as a precaution.
The fire was on the second floor of the residence. First responders quickly worked to extinguish the fire while additional incoming units provided medical aid to the two people.
They sustained non-life-threatening injuries as a result of jumping out the upper-level window. Both were taken to the hospital.
A neighbor located and retrieved their pet cat, who had escaped safely and was not injured. The two people and the cat are displaced due to damage sustained from the fire and smoke in their townhouse.
Firefighters kept the flames contained to one housing unit.
The cause of the fire is unknown and currently under investigation.
Firefighters from multiple agencies had also been dispatched to a working house fire in Newberg at 5:20 a.m. The two simultaneous fires made firefighters' Sunday morning especially busy, officials said.
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