Candle Fire Causes Fatality | Z100 Portland | Portland Local News
Dec 17, 2020 Early Wednesday morning, Portland Fire & Rescue Engine 24 was dispatched to a reported tent fire at the on-ramp to I-405 near the intersection of N Cook St. and N Gantenbein. The fire was mostly out when they arrived, but one person was badly burned. The burned patient was sleeping in the tent with another adult when the fire broke out. The PF&R paramedic on-scene estimated that the patient suffered life threatening, third degree burns across approximately 75% of their body. After initial treatment at the scene, the patient was transported to Emanuel Burn Center by an AMR ambulan...