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Smoke reports at Water Tower Building; no active fire found 

audio iconFire & Arson
Near S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239
Fire crews checked smoke reports at the Water Tower Building and nearby areas. They found no active fire after inspecting multiple sites. Investigators were en route. A caller described a person on the first floor wearing a long-sleeved black shirt and blue shorts.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
02:59

Transcript:
Medic 312[2], 34 (name withheld) Issue Water Tower Building 5331 South McCatum Avenue on the second floor, respond on Office 1. Medic 312, 34304 (name withheld) Issue, Water Tower Building 5331 South McCatom Avenue, respond on Ops 1[1]. It looks like they added the number one up on Lander. I didn't touch the cross street there. But there's one at four G-s and we're going to hit you next. Engine 3[3], this is dispatch. There's a fourth one up at 1-6 in Flanders, so by reporting white smoke in that area. Okay, engine 3, copy. We'll head up to 1-6 in Flanders. Okay. Okay. Check 13-1 on scene. It's 13.06. Engine 3 for truck 3. Engine 3. Yeah, we just cruised nearby 16 in Flanders. We didn't see anything. I'm wondering if they were reporting the same one from 16 and Gleason. But check that out and we're still going to hit 14 in Cooch. Yeah, engine 3 copy. We've just driven by 16th in Gleeson and 16th in Flanders and found nothing as well. All right, copy that. Thank you guys. All right, clear then. 23, 29. 29. I'm in an elevator. I spoke with the call-taker. He said there's, there were no concerns about that. Copy, thanks. 312, an opt-1. Pedic 312. Just letting you know the complaints going to meet you on the first floor, long-sleeved, black shirt, and blue shorts. You've got me, thank you. 13-09. This is that truck three? Truck three. seeing anything here, so unless you have any other callers reporting, then we're going to clear. Nothing at the moment. It looks like you have the investigator in route now. Do you want them to clear? I'll leave that up to the investigator discretion. It just turned out we had two separate piles up higher. I-379 will be in service.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Ops 1: Fire Operations Channel
[2]
Medic 312: Medical Response Unit
[3]
Engine 3: Fire Engine Response

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Near S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239
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