Small brush fire reported at vacant building
Fire & ArsonDispatch reports a vacant building with reported smoke and fire. Fire crews were sent, but the first engine found only a small brush fire, not a building fire. Other units were recalled and the single engine handled the scene.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
02:37
Transcript:
Information: Portland Fire, sliding box 0127, report of a structure fire at East Burnside Street and Southeast Grand Avenue. That will be on Ops 3-353[1]. Report of a fire inside a vacant building. This is for Squad 1, Engine 1, Engine 13, Engine 21, Engine 23, Truck 1, Truck 13, C1, and C4. Multiple callers reported heavy white smoke next to the United Financial building. Engine 1 arrived and confirmed this is not a structure fire but a small brush fire. The incident was recalled and other units were cleared; Engine 1 will handle.
Police codes explained
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353: Radio channel or incident code for fire response
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Location mentioned:
E Burnside St & SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
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