Heavy fire engulfs SE Portland home as crews rescue 1 person

Firefighters rescued one person from a burning house in Southeast Portland on Monday morning, Portland Fire & Rescue said.

Fire crews responded to a call at 5:39 a.m. at Southeast 88th Avenue and Liebe Street, fire officials said on social media. They found “heavy fire” at the scene and quickly pulled a resident “off the back side of the house.”

Firefighters blasted water at the blaze and cut into the roof for ventilation, officials said. Fourteen units were at the scene, across from Lents Park, according to Portland’s emergency services map…

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