PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Crews are still on scene of a four-alarm fire at a North Portland warehouse sent flames and smoke shooting into the sky early Wednesday morning.
According to Portland Fire and Rescue, crews responded to the fire at Royce’s Prop Shop at North Albina Avenue and North Killingsworth Street just after 6:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found a large smoke column pouring from a one-story concrete building.
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Clare Pledl, a neighbor who lives across the street told KOIN 6 News the fire got so hot that it broke their windows.
“It was super scary, super freaky,” Pledl said.
Portland Fire said the fire was intense enough to force them to switch their tactics, withdrawing the firefighters from inside the building to continue battling the flames from outside.
“Had an interior fire attack going for a while, but the growth of the fire overhead in the materials in the ceiling, along with the storage, was such that we requested all firefighters to withdraw. That means take your tools and your bodies out of the structure,” PF&R spokesperson Rick Graves said.