Residential fire near Southeast Powell Boulevard, Portland OR
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a residential structure fire near Southeast Powell Boulevard and Southeast 131st Avenue in Portland. Multiple witnesses reported seeing flames and smoke from what may have been an abandoned single-story house. Several fire engines, trucks, and command units were dispatched, and crews initiated a fire attack upon arrival.
Audio|Heard on: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
Listen to dispatch call
02:51
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch calling box 076931 echo level structure fire for a single residential house.
00:07
Be the south side of Powell, Southeast 131st Avenue.
00:10
We have passerby reporting billowing smoke.
00:14
Squad Twelve, Engine Seven, Engine Twenty-Nine, Engine Eleven, Engine Thirty-One, Truck Seven, Truck Twenty-Five, C Three and C Four will be on Ops Three.
00:23
Dispatch calling box 0769, 31 echo level.
00:28
Single residential structure fire, south side of Powell at Southeast 131st.
00:33
Building smell from a house for a squelch valve.
00:36
Engine Seven and Engine Twenty-Nine, Engine Eleven, Engine Thirty-One, Truck Seven, Truck Twenty-Five, C Four will be on Ops Three.
00:41
You'll be on Ops Three 2202.
00:48
Box nine, Leon (name withheld).
00:50
Post nine, post six, Edward Ida.
00:52
Twenty-two oh three.
00:58
Copy, care searching.
01:02
Rescue Thirty-One, I'll see you en route.
01:06
Alarm the Corps of Engineers, Northwest St. Helens Road.
01:11
Helens Road. Responding with one Engine Twenty-Two, Thirty-Three commercial alarm at Corps of Engineers, Northwest St. Helens Road.
01:17
Helens Road.
01:18
Respond with one Engine Three.
01:21
That's Rescue Thirty-One, please.
01:24
Hey, from Thirty-Six status about Venice.
01:34
Thirty-Six finished the screen.
01:38
Dispatcher repeating box 0769 reports of a residential house fire somewhere on Southeast Powell Boulevard west of Southeast 131st Avenue.
01:51
Three people reported seeing flames or billowing smoke from front windows.
01:58
Another passerby advised it might be an abandoned house.
02:02
This is for Squad Twelve, Engine Seven, Engine Twenty-Nine, Engine Eleven, Engine Thirty-One, Truck Seven, Truck Twenty-Five, C Three, C Four, Rescue Thirty-One on Ops Three.
02:15
Police confirmed the address near Southeast Powell Boulevard and reported a confirmed structure fire.
02:27
C Three copy.
02:34
Police reported Engine Seven arrived.
02:36
They have a single-story wood frame residence.
02:40
Fire and smoke visible from the Delta side.
02:44
Engine Seven passing command to C Three.
02:47
Engine Seven initiating fire attack.
02:49
Truck Seven assigned for search.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97236
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