2 people jump from balconies to escape fire in SW Portland townhouse

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Three people were taken to the hospital after a house fire in southwest Portland on Saturday morning, according to Portland Fire & Rescue.

At about 7 a.m., Firefighters were sent to a fire reported near Southwest Multnomah Boulevard and Southwest 51st Avenue, with two people were trapped on an upstairs balcony.

Crews found the fire burning in the first floor of a center-unit townhouse.

While firefighters searched the unit, the two trapped people were able to jump – one from the back balcony, and the other from a front balcony, PF&R said…

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