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Campfire burns under I-5 freeway near Motel 6 shelterPortland OR

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I-5, Portland, OR

Fire crews responded to reports of smoke under the I-5 freeway near North Lombard Street and North Gilbert Avenue in Portland. The fire was identified as a campfire burning under the freeway near an old Motel 6 building now used as a shelter. Fire units were dispatched to check and handle the situation under the freeway.

Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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1846,
00:01
check smoke in the area of North Lombard and Beilbert.
00:05
It's under Lombard near the railroad tracks, our caller C smoke.
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Engine 26, check in smoke in the area of North Lombard and North Gilbert Avenue, Opswana, 1815.
00:22
11, Middick 330, Priority 2[1] Delta, unconscious patient at Hazelwood Apartments,
00:29
(number withheld) Eastburn site number (number withheld), engine 1919,
00:34
medic 330, perity 2 Delta, unconscious patient at Hazelwood Apartments, (number withheld) East Burnside number (number withheld), Office 1 at 1815.
00:50
Injun 72, Dr.1.
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Next.7.2.
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The patient has called back. She's requesting a cancel.
01:02
She'll call back if she's having issues.
01:08
She'll call back if she's having issues. I cancel.
01:11
Agent 72, call case canceled.
01:15
1817.
01:18
Dispatch, Mitch 26. Just one caller on this?
01:24
Okay, firm one caller.
01:28
Please copy.
01:33
North Whitaker Road and Shmere.
01:38
Truck 8, check a vehicle fire, North Whitaker Road and Shmere.
01:42
Awesome, 1818.
01:48
Section 13, checking a residential fire alarm, near U.S. Grant Place.
01:55
Engine 13, residential fire alarm at near U.S. Grant Place.
02:02
Channel Opswana, 1818.
02:04
Intent 24, Middick 344, perity 2 Delta allergic reaction, Columbia Strip at near North Columbia Boulevard.
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Engine 24, Middick 344, perity 2, delta, allergic reaction,
02:18
near North Columbia Boulevard, Ops 1, 1820.
02:25
Statute 17.
02:27
Engine 17, go ahead.
02:32
No.
02:34
location, and just to be clear, there is no Motel 6 on the island, so I'm not sure if it's a different area.
02:42
Yeah, I was looking at Motel 6s.
02:45
I'm wondering if this is Truck 8, so I don't know that there's a Motel 6 over on Whitaker and Schmere, but they basically both were reporting fires under I-5.
02:56
This is truck A. What are the notes on 17 is the call? There is an old Motel 6 here. It's a shelter now. It's probably coming in as a different name. What are they getting tapped on?
03:06
It's the same thing, fire under I-5.
03:09
They just said it was near the Motel 6, which we couldn't find a Motel 6 at either place.
03:16
We got a camp on fire under the freeway. Camp was 17, truck 8 can handle things.
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[1]
Priority 2: Urgent, non-life-threatening response; typically no lights or sirens; second-highest priority.

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I-5, Portland, OR

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