Forest Grove house fire kills resident, injures firefighter

Forest Grove house fire kills resident, injures firefighter

A 2-alarm house fire in Forest Grove on Friday put a firefighter in the hospital and killed a resident, fire officials say.

Forest Grove apt fire sweeps through converted house; 1 dies

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (KOIN) -- A woman died and four people are without a home after fire swept through an old house converted to an apartment building in Forest Grove. The fire near 1900 A Street in Forest Grove was called in around 5:15 p.m. Friday. A large column of smoke, visible for quite a distance, prompted an upgrade to a second-alarm fire. Virginia Tavera, who lives nearby saw "lots and lots of smoke. And then the fire was coming out from…