Portland Fire responds to second alarm commercial fire

Portland, OR. – Official release: On Friday 9/6/2024, just after 5:00pm Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a commercial fire in the Mill Park neighborhood right on 122^nd Avenue.  The first arriving unit was a Battalion Chief who noted heavy fire from the second floor and a second alarm was quickly called due to both the extremely hot weather and the heavy fire.  Upon arrival, the first truck informed command that this structure was a permanently closed and vacant restaurant.  With this information along with the heavy fire showing a defensive fire attack was initiated. 

2 trucks put large, elevated master streams into place on 2 corners of the building and several hand lines were put in place at other exterior openings to knock down the heavy flames, preventing the fire from spreading to any other nearby structures.  Crews then spent the next couple hours putting out hot spots using handlines, and tools to help dig into an area of the structure where the roof had partially collapsed, as can be seen in some of the pictures.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation and there were no reports of injuries.