Gresham, OR 3-alarm Apartment Fire 9-6-14

[Guest]

At 03:43 Portland dispatched companies to an apartment fire at 621 NE Kane Drive, across the street from Gresham Station 72 at 500 NE Kane Drive.

The response was Gresham E72, 71, 75, 73, Truck 71 and C7. E72 reported heavy fire showing from the 1st and 2nd floors of a 2-story apartment building.

At 03:46 C7 ordered a 2nd alarm. Response was Gresham E74, Portland E31, 7, Truck 7, C3.

At 04:02 C7 ordered a 3rd alarm. Response was Portland E30, 29, 25, Truck 2.


Gresham C7



Portland Truck 7 pulled in beside Gresham Truck 71.







Truck 71 went to the roof.





2 of the occupants and their cat.




Fire was venting nicely. Time to vacate the roof.





Portland C3 was Safety officer.



Once the fire was venting they were able to pull ceilings and put out the attic fire.

No ladder pipes needed here.



Fire is out. Now Now comes the long overhaul.


 

Firepixer Opie arrived right after E72 so he will post some first due fire shots later.

[DaveYoung]

Love those roof shots w/ the fire blowing out the vent holes.

[CCFR-45]

Great shots. Love the ones of the guys on the roof.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[gmuhr]

Here are a few more photos.

 

This was the delta side of the fire building when I arrived, it was pretty tight back there and hard to shoot.

 

 



 

 

It didn't take too long for the fire to run up into the attic.

 



 

 

 



 

 



 

 

Roof vented, the dragon is making an appearance.

 

[hank]

Good photos, men!

 

tHANKs

[Guest]

Good photos, men!

 

tHANKs

 

Thanks. Hard to miss good shots at this one.

[Roto-Ray]

Great use of natural light, thanks for the images.