4-alarm fire at SW Portland apartment building, firefighters fear collapse

Published: 16 May 2023
on channel: The Oregonian
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Firefighters are on the scene of a three-alarm blaze Tuesday morning inside an apartment building at Southwest 14th Avenue and Taylor Street in Goose Hollow. The call appears to have come in around 10:30 a.m.

Heavy, black smoke is visible from the downtown skyline.

Photos and video posted on social media by Portland Fire & Rescue show smoke billowing from the windows of the four-story structure as firefighters appeared to evacuate and rescue tenants and pets from the fire-escape stairs on the building’s facade.

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