An early morning fire erupted Tuesday, reducing a Marion County pallet manufacturing shop to ashes and prompting an investigation into the cause of the inferno. Flames tore through the wooden structure located near Silverton Road and Lardon Road, with KATU reporting that the building contained supplies for pallet-making and was situated perilously close to stacks of highly flammable materials.

Firefighting units from Marion County were supported by comrades from Salem and Keizer, along with county public works, they swung into action extinguishing the blaze within approximately 40 minutes, a commendable feat given the absence of fire hydrants requiring the deployment of not one but two water tenders, the Statesman Journal and KPTV reported in tandem, elaborating on the logistical challenge posed by the rural setting.

Fortunately, no injuries have been reported in the conflagration that seemed to subscribe to the notion of a merciful disaster sparing human life even as it danced its destructive ballet through commercial property, with the fire being contained effectively before it could greedily claim more than its already-drawn boundaries, as per KPTV.