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A Second Houseless Person in Two Months Has Died From a Fire Intended for Warmth A 27-year-old houseless man died from third-degree burns covering his entire body.
The Oregon Convention Center will be used as a winter warming shelter. (Sam Gehrke)
Updated February 10
In the early morning of Feb. 9, Portland Fire & Rescue responded to a fire beneath an overpass at North Vancouver Avenue and Columbia Boulevard that was started by someone who created a shelter and was using the fire to keep warm in frigid temperatures.