The report of flames erupting from the circa-1925, 528 sq. ft. house at 5706 S.E. Lambert Street on Wednesday, January 21st, triggered the dispatch of firefighters from several Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) stations at 7:29 a.m.
About five minutes later, PF&R Woodstock Station’s Ladder Truck Company – and both the Engine and Rescue Companies of Lents Station 11 – were arriving; a lieutenant reported back to dispatchers confirming a wind-whipped blaze flaring at the residence.
“I saw people running from the yard as the fire started going,” a neighbor told THE BEE as he watched the firefighters at work. “Seeing the house burn, I’m both happy and sad. It’s always sad when someone’s house burns down – but the squatters living here have made this a ‘problem house’ on the street.”…