Here why, although the fire was in an unincorporated part of Clackamas County, crews from Lents Station 11 rescued the victim, and put out the fire …
After a Portland Fire & Rescue crew, stationed in the Lents neighborhood, put out this mobile home fire – just over the county line – the firefighters examined the burned materials pulled out of the residence.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Although the fire broke out in a mobile home on February 26, at 12:36 p.m., just east of the boundary in Clackamas County, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) firefighters were first at the scene.
“It’s true, this fire was just over the Multnomah County/Portland line in unincorporated Clackamas County; it was called in by a Portland resident, so it went to that 9-1-1 Center,” said Clackamas Fire District #1 (CFD) Public Information Officer Branden Paxton.
Firefighters prepare to re-enter the mobile home to apply some “Class A Foam”, in an effort to make sure all the embers had been snuffed out.
PF&R’s Engine Company 11 from the Lents Station arrived just one minute before CFD’s Ladder Truck 304; both crews split the pulling of water supply lines and the search for victims.
“First firefighters at the scene reported to dispatch finding light smoke and a small fire in a room,” Paxton told East Portland News. “The fire was quickly extinguished. A female, the sole resident of the residence, was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, and then taken to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment.”
Fire crews stayed at the location for a while, making sure there were no hotspots or embers that could rekindle the fire.
An investigator with Clackamas Fire District #1 enters the residence to begin the search for the source of the blaze.
There’s no word yet about whether the home had a working smoke alarm. This incident remains under investigation, Paxton said.
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