Page 3 - Ken Ray News Today

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Firefighters rescued over a dozen people and three dogs from a dramatic apartment building fire Tuesday in downtown Portland,

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters rescued over a dozen people and three dogs from a dramatic apartment building fire Tuesday in downtown Portland, Oregon. Portland Fire & Rescue tweeted about 10:45 a.m.

Firefighters rescued more than a dozen people and three dogs Tuesday from an apartment building blaze in downtown Portland, Oregon

The four-alarm fire destroyed The May apartments on Southwest Taylor Street in the Goose Hollow neighborhood.

Over a dozen people and several dogs were saved from a Portland, Oregon, apartment fire. Heavy smoke from the blaze also led to the closure of a nearby highway.

Officials say the four-alarm apartment fire that raged in downtown Portland Tuesday may have sent some oil and diesel fuel into waterways.

Firefighters searched the building's four floors and a spokesperson said it appeared no one had been left behind.

Willamette Riverkeeper is calling on the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to step up.

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.

The decision follows continuous tension between CJRC members.