***UPDATE***PORTLAND FIRE RESPONDING TO RESIDENTIAL FIRE AT 3107 SE 51ST; ONE PATIENT DISCOVEREDIN HOUSE
Posted: March 10th, 2012 5:32 PM
***UPDATE***
Southeast Portland fire stations responded to a first alarn residential structure fire early this afternoon. Crews from Portland Fire Station 24 (Woodstock) arrived on scene in under two minutes.
Arriving crews were contacted by a next door neighbor who was certain that the homes resident was trapped inside. Operations to both rescue the man, and extinguish the fire, were initated simultaneously. Firefighters from Truck 25 encountered heavy smoke and fire conditions after forcing entry into the front door of the small one story home. Fire Lieutenant Rian Minto, an eleven-year veteran with Portland Fire and Rescue, discovered the patient unconscious in the bathroom at the rear of the structure--less than four minutes after arriving on scene. The patient was immediately removed from the residence and transferred to an awaiting ambulance. Fire Lieutenant Brad Cullison, cross trained as a Paramedic, assisted ambulance crews with patient care during the transport to Emanuel Hospital. The man, identified only as a male in his mid 50's, is being treated for life threatening injuries.
The home suffered extensive smoke and fire damage; investigators are on scene investigating the cause of the fire.
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Dispatched: 14:02
Arrived: 14:04
Pt. Removed: 14:10
Fire Recalled: 14:37
For Further Information Contact Public Information Officer
Gabriel Watson
503-940-6003
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Portland Fire is on scene of a residential stucture fire with one patient having been rescued from the residence.
A PIO is responding.
Media staging will be at the corner of SE 51st and Brooklyn.
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