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Transient sets fire to carpet on sidewalk cornerPortland OR

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NW Flanders St & NW 17th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

A person experiencing homelessness was seen lighting a cardboard or carpet on fire on the sidewalk at the corner of northwest 17th Avenue and northwest Flanders Street in Portland.

Audio|Source: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
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...sliding a cardboard on fire in the middle of the sidewalk in the corner of northwest 17th and northwest Flanders Street, talk of the ops 1.
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Truck 3 going on a transient that's lighting the carpet on fire in the middle of the sidewalk on the corner, on the south-east corner of northwest 17th and northwest Flanders.
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Talk of the ops 1 is 1806.

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NW Flanders St & NW 17th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

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