Firefighters will burn down Sisters house

Sisters firefighters will burn a house in Sisters on Saturday, April 23, in a “Burn to Learn” exercise, according to Dave Wheeler, fire marshal for the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District.

The house is located at the intersection of Main Avenue and Fir Street just west of the Bank of the Cascades. The burn will start at 9 a.m. with firefighters remaining on the scene until the fire isextinguished.

“We want Sisters residents to be aware of the burn because of its closeness to the residential and commercial areas and because we will close blocks of Northeast Main and Northeast Fir streets adjacent to the burn for our hose lays,” Wheeler explained.

The property will bere-developed.