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UPDATE: 10/20/2018 at 0900 hrs
The male patient was died yesterday evening after being transported to the Burn Center at Emanuel Hospital.
The cause of the fire was determined to be unintentional, failure to use ordinary care, combustibles too close to heat source.
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This evening at 5:15pm Portland Firefighters responded to a house fire located in the area of NE Alberta & 12th Ave. When crews arrived, they discovered large amounts of smoke coming from the first floor of the two-story home. Crews were informed that two people live in the home, and upon the primary search, one of the residents, and elderly male, was located in the front room. The victim was immediately transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
Firefighters reported that it was difficult to locate the seat of the fire due to the excessive amounts of items that were stored throughout the home. It was reported soon after that the second resident was not at home.
Crews are still on scene, and an Investigator is working to determine the cause of the fire. There are no photos available of this incident. Any updates on the loss and the cause will be posted as soon as they are received.