Khanh Tran says he probably has more tires than anyone in Portland right now. That’s because tens of thousands of tires have been illegally dumped on a property he just purchased.
Tran bought a 1.2 acre property near Southeast 154th Avenue and Powell Boulevard in February, believing it was his “dream property.” It was a fresh start not far from his work and a place his newborn could someday run barefoot in the grass.
A small tire pile already sat on the land when he bought it, one he planned to clean up himself. But as first reported by KGW-TV Tran returned in June with a contractor to start building his dream home and found the pile had ballooned into what he estimates at 50,000 to 75,000 tires.
“It was a nightmare when I saw it,” Tran told OPB. “It stressed me out so much. I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t sleep for the first few days of that.”…