Grass fire near freeway on SE Powell Blvd in Portland, Portland OR
WildfireA grass fire with multiple spot fires occurred next to the freeway near SE Powell Blvd in Portland. Fire crews accessed the area via Powell and Division streets to contain and extinguish the fire. The fire covered about 300 by 50 feet and reached the sidewalk. There were lane restrictions on westbound Powell Blvd during the incident. Firefighters have mostly knocked down the fire and are completing mop-up operations.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
05:11
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 11 is arrived.
00:01
Here's we have grass on fire next to the freeway, multiple spot fires.
00:07
Engine 11.
00:11
On fire next to the freeway, multiple spot fires.
00:14
It's 1839.
00:20
Rescue 11. Mention 11.
00:24
Rescue letting go.
00:25
Rescue letting go.
00:28
We might have a good shot on the bike path overhead.
00:34
Yeah, it's a copy of that.
00:35
We will access the bike trail from Powell and work our way north.
00:40
If that's where you're thinking.
00:48
That's a primitive.
00:49
It's closer over here on division.
00:56
Just to clarify, is it closer to Powell or division?
01:02
Closer of Division.
01:06
We will access the Trail Division.
01:10
We'll access the Trail Division.
01:13
After that.
01:18
Rescue, Levin, Commission, Levin.
01:20
Just correction, that's Powell.
01:24
We're approaching now.
01:30
F-2, Priority 2, Bravo, Fall, Evergreens Echo, 7, 2 Concourse Echo, Echo, Rescue 82, Priority 2, Bravo, Fall, Evergreen's Echo, 7, 2 Concourse Echo, Timeout, 1841.
01:51
That's T-11 for mention 11.
01:56
Yeah,
01:59
if you come back behind you, there's an entrance here, you hopped the sidewalk, and come up the bike path where we're at.
02:07
Yeah, we'll get on the bike path.
02:08
They're heading up.
02:12
Do you respond in 1842? Do we confirm Base Alderwood?
02:18
325 affirmative, base Alderwood.
02:22
See?
02:28
Brook 1, Medic-1347, Pertitude, Delta Bleeding, Old Town Transit Station on the westbound platform, 218, northwest-outson, 1843.
02:43
Onsen, Medic 33. Manzing, Medic 338 from Ops 1.
02:50
Agent 29 elift assist, near South East Martin Street on Offs 1.
02:56
Again, engine 29, a lift assist, near South East Martin Street, Offs 1, 1843.
03:07
Dispatch from Engine 11, keep me an off-count.
03:11
Engine 11, copy, it'll be on Optus 6, so I'll get you a dispatcher.
03:20
Spat clearing off-6.
03:27
Dispatch, let me know when you're open off-6.
03:29
Dispatch on off-6?
03:32
See all I also giving some track control here.
03:35
I assume they had 84 in Powell.
03:38
Copy 8.4 in Powell, do you want it closed in all directions?
03:44
That's a negative.
03:45
Just one lane going westbound.
03:52
Bobby,
03:54
working westbound division.
03:59
Nage 11. I just walked around this.
04:02
It's about 300 by 50 or so.
04:09
This contains to be, you know, rushing up to the sidewalk and stopping.
04:14
I think we've been able to have on seeing so far right now.
04:29
Command, nice of all of me, it's Powell, not the vision.
04:34
And dispatch copies, Powell, blocking Westbound Powell.
04:41
Dispatch, rescue, 82 is with patient.
04:45
With patient, 1847.
04:51
Capatch from Engine 11.
04:53
Engine 11.
04:56
We've got this fire pretty much knocked down.
04:58
We're doing some mop-up.
04:59
There's no longer needed to monitor, off-6, we're going to retain off-6 for signed beams.
05:06
Copy fire knockdown, doing some op-up.
05:08
The dispatch no longer monitoring op-6, 1849.
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SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97266
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