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An RV caught fire near Cascadia State Park Sunday afternoon.

Flames consumed the RV and caused a “total loss” of the vehicle, but firefighters arriving on the scene prevented the blaze from spreading to a residential structure near which the RV was parked, said Sweet Home Fire Department Battalion Chief Randy Whitfield.

At 1:05 p.m. on Jan. 30, two engines from the Cascadia Fire Department responded to a fire in an RV owned by John Luck. The RV was parked at 48089 Highway 20, property owned by Bob Huebler.

Luck stepped out of the RV thinking he had shut off the stove, but he had actual...