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Faulty Projector Cord at CJ Church Prompts Response by IVFD and ODF

The Illinois Valley Fire District responded to an electrical fire at a church in Cave Junction on Sunday.

At 10:27 a.m. yesterday, IVFD and the Oregon Department of Forestry rushed to a reported fire at the Illinois Valley Evangelical Free Church in the 400-block of Laurel Road.

IVFD and ODF crews arrived at the church and immediately detected an odor of electrical burning.

Units were unable to find a fire, but they located the cause of the odor. A projector cord was found to have malfunctioned and it was unplugged.
Posted on 8/26/24 6:16AM by Sam Marsh