Two fire trucks staged to fight the Chetco Bar Fire were ransacked while firefighters slept nearby in Brookings early Saturday morning.

Coburg Fire Chief Chad Minter, chief of the Lane County Fire Defense Board, told The Register-Guard that a task force comprised of firefighters from Coburg, Junction City, Lane Fire Authority, South Lane Fire and Mohawk Fire drove over 230 miles to Brookings from Lane County on Friday night.

The crews arrived around midnight and parked at the Brookings-Harbor High School to get some sleep before the morning's briefing at 5:30 a.m. But when they woke up, around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, they found two trucks were missing equipment, including an oxygen tank, a firefighter's bag, a flat-headed axe and a firefighter jacket.

Minter told The Register-Guard that some items were dumped nearby and then recovered and the crews filed a police report and then were able to get to the fire line.

According to The Register-Guard, no arrests have been made.

The Chetco Bar Fire was reported on July 12. It is 5 percent contained as of Monday afternoon and is currently the state's largest fire. Officials estimate the fire won't be contained until October.

-- Lizzy Acker

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lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker