Fatal car fire reported near Southeast 90th Pl in Portland, Portland OR


A serious car accident occurred near Southeast 90th Pl in Portland, involving at least one vehicle that caught fire. Emergency responders confirmed a fatality of a person in a Tesla. Fire and medical teams are at the scene with heavy vehicle damage reported. Authorities including the medical examiner and road department were notified.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
And oncoming units from Engine 6-2, we still have westbound traffic.
00:05
Don't, do not attempt to come in the westbound lines going eastbound.
00:11
We're working a path through here.
00:17
Engine 6-2, copy that.
00:18
Still have westbound traffic coming to westbound lanes.
00:20
Do not try to go wrong way down west behind for engine 62 is making a path right now.
00:29
Engine 20, Bravo 412 unteen requesting you code 1 for electricity at near Southeast 90th Pl, main ops 1.
00:36
Engine 20, Bravo 412 unsteen requesting you code 1 for a lift-assist near Southeast 90th Pl, Ops 1, 403.
00:48
350s or out there are up there.
00:52
350 on scene at 433.
00:54
Up 6 from FM 609.
01:02
FM 609, go ahead.
01:06
Yeah, we still have not received a tapout for Watertoner 6-1.
01:13
I will make sure that we get that done.
01:18
Copy.
01:23
And all in companies here, AnMedic 342, follow engine 6-2, we've got a path here on the right side.
01:31
And it's going to be slow going through here, but as I said, we've still got traffic moving on the westbound side.
01:44
Dispatch copies have all incoming companies.
01:47
Just follow Line 662.
01:48
We've got a path on the right side.
01:50
We'll be slow going, though.
01:56
The rest of the 62 copies were right behind the intersection 622.
02:07
342, I copy the traffic.
02:09
I'm on the east side of the incident with the patient.
02:16
Copy that, just to confirm medic 342, that was the only patient here that you've got on the scene.
02:25
That's affirmative.
02:27
There was apparently one person in the Tesla stated by witnesses that is a confirmed 55[1].
02:34
Engine 6-2 copy.
02:36
In engine 6-2's arrived.
02:37
Uh, got one pole-involved car, one heavily damage.
02:43
The engine 6-2 is going to arrive to one...
02:45
She's arrived.
02:47
One fully involved vehicle, heavily damaged.
02:53
Agent 6-2 will have ID4 command.
02:59
NS2 has command.
03:00
And medic, 342 from command, this rake that's up on the guardrail is empty, is that correct?
03:12
C62 from command.
03:18
1549 is taking aim about that surviving outside.
03:22
We're on.
03:26
This command, we'll have you come up behind Engine 62, and our patient is going to be on the other side of the vehicle fire here.
03:41
In 49, copy, Irvine, Engines 62.
03:45
10, 6.9 is standing by at Station 6.2.
03:55
Command copied.
04:03
That's from... Command, do you want to notify ODOT? We do have confirmed 55[1] in one of the cars and let the examiner know.
04:15
I think you cut out the end, but I think I copied that.
04:17
We have notified O.D and they're working on getting a crew out there to help with traffic control.
04:23
And I don't know if the sheriff's notified the medical examiner or not.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
55: Deceased person (DOA) confirmed
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