Grass fire, power outage and semi-truck incident disrupt Tuesday afternoon in Pendleton

Grass fire, power outage and semi-truck incident disrupt Tuesday afternoon in Pendleton

PENDLETON – It was a hectic late afternoon for Pendleton on Tuesday as a small grass fire, an incident with a semi-truck and a power outage caused headaches for commuters. Drivers were diverted off Southeast Court Avenue near the intersection with Oregon Highway 11 around 4 p.m. as crews from Pendleton Fiber worked on overhead utility lines that appeared to have been struck by a semi-truck. At around the same time, crews battled a grass fire jus…