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Dozens of Portland firefighters battled a blaze at a former tavern that neighbors say had been taken over by squatters for more than a year."It was clearly a time bomb waiting to go off, and our concerns fell through the cracks," Dusty McCord, who lives near the former Farmer's Barn Tavern, told The Oregonian. "The

Dozens of Portland firefighters battled a blaze at a former tavern that neighbors say had been taken over by squatters for more than a year. “It was clearly a time bomb waiting to go off, and ou...

Portland is awash in vacant lots and bedraggled buildings that attract a host of challenges.

Fire crews have been to the former vacant Farmer's Barn Tavern at least eight times in the last year, which has been occupied on and off by squatters.

An abandoned Portland tavern has been crawling with squatters and criminal activity for more than a year, according to neighbors. Then it went up in flames.

The abandoned Farmer's Barn Tavern burned to the ground this week in a blaze sparked by squatters who had been harassing the crime-riddled community for more than a year.

Former Farmer's Bar Tavern in Kenton neighborhood was destroyed in a fire Wednesday night. Fire investigators have yet to determine the cause.

The building was on the fire bureau’s “unsafe” list – firefighters had doused eight fires there in the past 12 months.

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