Smoke reported at commercial building turns out to be cooking, Hillsboro OR

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/8/2025 03:11 PM

Near NE Cherry Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97124

Fire and emergency teams responded to a reported commercial fire near Northeast Cherry Drive. Upon investigation, they found no active fire and determined the smoke was caused by someone seasoning a cast iron pan. The units were then recalled.

Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS

03:20

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 6, Engine 3, Truck 5, and Sheet 1.

00:04

Respond to commercial fire.

00:06

At near Northeast Cherry Drive.

00:10

Unit 204. Cross streets are Northwest 21st Avenue and Northeast 67th Avenue.

00:17

Working channel ops 35.

00:25

SQ6 and AMR 121 response to code 1 fall at near northeast 63rd Avenue.

00:34

Cross streets are northeast 63rd way and northeast Chestnut Street.

00:39

Mark, can we for Ski 6 on the task force? Add the next person to the fall, please?

00:50

Probably.

00:56

SU6, respond to commercial fire.

00:59

At near Northeast Cherry Drive.

01:03

Unit 204. Cross streets are Northwest 231 Avenue and Northeast 67th Avenue.

01:10

Working channel ops 35.

01:16

Apartment, no one is answering the door.

01:19

The caller also said it smells like smoke outside of the apartment, was not visually seeing any smoke or flames.

01:26

No other calls at this point.

01:28

Assignments are engine 6, engine 3, truck 5, C1, and rescue 6.

01:33

All in route.

01:44

N6 has arrived.

01:45

We have a three-story apartment structure building.

01:48

We've seen all sides of the structure, nothing's showing.

01:51

It looks like no alarm standing at this time.

01:54

We're on the parking side.

01:55

Parking lot side of the building will be the alpha side.

01:57

We'll be in 16 parked.

01:59

We'll be investigating engine rescue 6 on your arrival you've got to be in.

02:08

Copy that you'll be on the parking lot off the site? And I show engine 6 is investigating.

02:14

Engine 6, I'm going to give you my additional firefighter.

02:24

Okay, three copies or arrive from the Hyder and the FCC.

02:28

Okay, I'm going to copy.

02:38

And truck five, upon your arrival, you have a room behind engine six.

02:46

Truck, obviously, we'll spot behind engine six.

02:52

Command from Agent 6.

02:53

We'll thank you, somebody just seasoning and cast iron.

02:56

We can go ahead and recall.

03:02

You may have copy, seasoning, cast, and recall.

03:04

Firecombe, copy, recall with the task force.

03:07

That's affirmative.

03:12

Back on the recall for commercial fire at near Northeast Cherry Drive, engine 615 working all others can clear and return.

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