Rooftop fire pit seen at Modera Apartments, no fire found, Portland OR
Fire & ArsonA fire call was received for the Modera Apartments near NW 13 Avenue in Portland. Fire crews arrived and found flames visible on the 6th floor. Upon investigation, it was determined the flames were from a rooftop fire pit operating normally. No actual building fire or alarm was found. Fire units cleared the scene after confirming no danger.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
02:35
Transcript:
00:00
This is a repeat of Box 0351, Sica Apartments 1230, Northwest 1-2 Avenue.
00:08
Likely address is actually going to be the Modera Apartments near NW 13 Avenue.
00:14
Callers seeing this from their apartment building a couple blocks to the southeast.
00:19
Seeing a large window on the 6th floor that seems to be full of flames.
00:23
This is for squad 1-engine 3, engine 1, engine 6, engine 4, truck...
00:28
Track 1, C1, and C2, responding on Office 3.
00:37
Medic 1337, Copy, Medic 1333.
00:40
You can be clear.
00:43
Copy, thank you.
00:45
21, 28. Do we have any reports of any alarms from any of those buildings?
00:57
C1 negative we are getting reports of a fire alarm 5 northwest northward Strait I only mention that because the caller was pretty unclear with the address of this fire and
01:17
yeah it is 3 from truck 3 and C1 I can see the fire pit on top of the Madera is going
01:25
We'll go up and maybe we'll have Engine 3 go up and investigate C1.
01:31
I can see it on top of the Madeira there.
01:33
Looks like a normally operating fire pit.
01:38
C1 copy that.
01:39
I see that also.
01:40
Yeah, it's Engine 3.
01:41
Aren't you guys going up? Just I'll check that and then we'll unwind this thing.
01:47
Engine 3 copies.
01:52
C.O.N. from C.T.
01:54
you think he can handle this?
01:57
It's copy.
01:59
Yeah,
02:02
agencies arrived to a 9th story.
02:04
Center hallway, modern construction.
02:06
You got a carpet on the roof for checking it out.
02:11
Story, regular construction center hallway.
02:13
Fire on the roof.
02:14
I'm not shooting.
02:19
Page of three for Dr.
02:20
3, do you want us to go a foul-off as well?
02:26
He wants that command.
02:27
All companies down on scene can slow to code 1, whether you investigate this.
02:31
But next thing is obviously a fire pit that we could see from the distance.
02:34
No building is not alarm.
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Location mentioned:
Near NW 13th Ave, Portland, OR 97209
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