PF&R Responded To Early AM Residential Fire. (Photo) - 05/24/26

PF&R responded to early AM residential fire.

At 4:34 this morning Portland Fire was called to a house fire in the Kenton neighborhood of North Portland. 911 callers reported fire on the front of the house with two potential victims still in the house.

Engine 26 was the first arriving unit and reported heavy fire on the front of the home. Firefighters from Engine 26 immediately stretched hose lines into the house and began an aggressive offensive fire attack while the from Truck 8 entered the home from two separate access points to conduct a search. An occupant was located outside the structure, and he indicated that he had jumped from a second story window to escape the fire and that there was still a person in the house. This occupant was able to give firefighters a probable location of the second occupant. With this information the crew from Truck 8 was able to conduct a targeted search in the given location. Firefighters located the victim and quickly removed him from the house and passed him off to Engine 24 to begin immediate medical care. Firefighters from Engine 24 rode to the hospital with AMR to continue to provide advanced life support measures to the patient. 

While the patient was being transported firefighters continued to attack the fire. Engine 22 brought an additional hose line to the rear of the structure while Truck 22 cut ventilation holes in the roof to help clear smoke and flammable gases from the building. Engine 17 brought a hose line up to the second floor to attack the fire that was in the attic. Multiple holes were cut in the roof and attic walls to access the fire to ensure that there were not any remaining hot spots. 

While firefighters were continuing to fight the fire a second ambulance was called for the occupant that had jumped from the second story window. This patient was transported with non-life-threatening injuries. 

PF&R Training Specialists at Station 2 added themselves and their crew to this incident and responded with the fire engine and fire truck located in the Argay Terrace Neighborhood. This was the first tour of duty for the newest members of PF&R to graduate from the training academy and begin to respond with the training specialists. This designed training pathway allows the newest members to experience significant emergency responses with focused educational intentions and will use these incidents to create a foundation of skills to be continuously honed throughout their career.

Investigators with the Portland Fire Investigations Unit will be working to determine a cause. PF&R shift change occurred while this incident was active with oncoming crews responding to the incident location to relieve the firefighters that began their shift 24 hours earlier on the previous calendar date.

Portland Fire would like to thank our partners at AMR, Portland Police and the local utilities for their assistance at this event.

• PF&R Responders      
  • Station 26 – Engine 26 – 4 members
  • Station 8 – Truck 8 – 4 members
  • Station 24 – Engine 24 and C2 – 5 members
  • Station 22 – Engine 22 and Truck 22 – 8 members
  • Station 17 – Engine 17 – 4 members
  • Station 3 – C2 – 1 member
  • Station 2 – Engine 2 and Truck 2 – 9 members
  • Fire Investigation Unit – 5 members and the Arson K9 member
• Total Responders
  • 40 sworn firefighters
  • One Arson K9 – Kiki - Accelerant Detecting Dog

(Additional information and images will be added to this post as they become available.)

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Victim Update: Roger Woolf, the 69 year old male victim rescued in this incident did not survive the injuries received as a result of this fire.