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Brush fire near Portland Ave and E 27th St in TacomaTacoma WA

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Portland Ave E & E 27th St, Tacoma, WA 98421

A brush fire about 30 by 30 feet is burning near the intersection of Portland Avenue and E 27th Street in Tacoma, visible from the I-5 northbound exit ramp at Portland. Multiple fire units are responding and working to put out the fire.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
01:50
Transcript:
00:00
We're getting multiple calls on this, but we're getting conflicting information.
00:03
It seems to be in a general area of I-5 and Portland Avenue,
00:08
but we cannot get an exact location.
00:14
Time to receive.
00:17
I'm actually seeing it from the ramp off I-5 exit at Portland.
00:28
I'm on scene.
00:30
This appears to be northbound I-5 at Portland.
00:36
Battalion 3, if you didn't take that exit, stay on I-5, or safety 3.
00:45
So, a battalion, too, is on scene of approximately 30 by 30 brush fire, right at Portland and 27th.
01:16
Take a few inches driving right now.
01:24
Thank you, Angel, I'm on top seat. Now we can just put our aerial up and run a booster up real quick.
01:32
Okay, too, receive.
01:34
I just didn't know if there was a good way to get up there from here.
01:38
It looks like the trail is overgrown.
01:41
I'll take a look while the crew of the apparatus.
01:45
Let me see you.

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Location mentioned:
Portland Ave E & E 27th St, Tacoma, WA 98421

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Incident Timeline

  1. Overhaul and Final Checks
  2. Fire Contained and Extinguished
  3. Additional Units and Fire Suppression
  4. Access and Operations Coordination
  5. Fire Size and Location Confirmed
  6. Fire Observed and Scene Arrival
  7. Initial Dispatch

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