Fire with downed power and communication lines reported, Portland OR

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/12/2025 05:46 AM (PDT)

A St, Portland, OR 97219

Fire crews responded to a fire with flames near power and communication lines at a building near A St in Portland. A line was down on the Alpha Charlie Corner. Additional ventilation fans were requested for the basement area. Power and communication companies were notified to assess the situation.

Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue

03:13

Transcript:

00:00

And dispatch from command, I do think you need to let a power company know they are going to need to evaluate these power lines here in this drop line.

00:09

We did have them, flames,

00:10

lighten up into them.

00:11

We're coming up up in the 16 secondary complete on first floor.

00:16

Command copy secondary first floor.

00:19

Command from truck four.

00:20

Okay, go ahead, truck one.

00:22

Yeah, this is truck 4.

00:24

If it hasn't already been notified, there's a line that's actually down here on the Alpha Charlie Corner.

00:32

It's laying in the Blackberries in the Alpha Charlie Corner.

00:37

Command copy line on the Alpha Charlie Corner.

00:41

Engine 10, can you grab, Rick, can you grab line and mark that off?

00:45

Engine 10 copies that.

00:52

And command from Squad 1 in the basement, secondary complete, and we could use one more fan down for the basement.

00:59

Command copy, truck for you able to bring up, can you send someone up, grab a fan for a second fan for...

01:06

The front fighter.

01:08

Truck 4 copy.

01:09

Truck 4B from command, could you grab another fan to take to the basement?

01:13

Truck 4B copy, stand in the basement.

01:15

Mansion 10 from truck 4.

01:16

I got Nizant 10 face-to-face Sengen 10 going back your way now

01:28

Command dispatch 20 minutes NPD should be revving

01:31

Command copy 20 minutes and PG you should be running

01:34

Truck from Engine 10, did you copy?

01:36

Truck 4 copy.

01:37

I'm face-to-face with your guys right now.

01:40

Copy that. The command from Truck 4.

01:42

This looks like it's probably a communication line.

01:44

Communicopy communication line.

01:46

We've got a PG almost on scene, so we'll let them evaluate all this.

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Fire with downed power and communication lines reported, Portland OR

Fire crews responded to a fire with flames near power and communication lines at a building near A St in Portland. A line was down on the Alpha Charlie Corner. Additional ventilation fans were requested for the basement area. Power and communication companies were notified to assess the situation.

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