At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, October 3, Engine 20 arrived at an apartment in the 2800 block of Southeast Colt Drive and found light smoke on the second floor. The crew was preparing to attack the fire, according to the unit’s own account of the response.
The update came directly from Portland Fire & Rescue
, which posted that “Engine 20 has arrived to an apartment at the 2800 block of SE Colt Drive. They found light smoke on the second floor of this apartment and are preparing to attack the fire.” The post, shared under the department’s pdxfire handle, offered only a brief snapshot of crews on scene and did not detail how the fire started or how extensive the damage ultimately became…