A Portland Fire & Rescue post timestamped 10:50 p.m. Sunday, October 25, said downtown crews were responding to a reported fire at a single-family home on Northwest Quimby.
Portland Fire & Rescue posted at 10:50 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, October 25, that downtown crews were responding to a reported fire at a single-family residence on NW Quimby
. The post described crews responding to a reported fire at a single-family residence.
What Remains Unknown
As of this report, there is no confirmation of injuries, occupants, or the extent of damage to the Quimby property. The fire’s cause, origin, and whether crews have brought it under control have not been released. Portland Fire & Rescue has not provided an exact address or additional details beyond the initial dispatch.
The department maintains a public incident map that it describes as showing the most recent, closed, non-confidential 911 calls for service received by Portland’s 911 system, per portlandonline.com. Snippets pulled from that map tool have been inconsistent, with one version showing three incidents listed and another showing four, and it is not possible from available information to determine which, if any, correspond to the Quimby call.
A Pattern of Portland House Fires
The Quimby call comes amid a string of residential fires across the Portland area this year with widely varying outcomes. In August, a two-alarm fire damaged a home in northwest Portland, with crews from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue responding to the 200 block of Northwest 97th Avenue just after 3 a.m. after a caller reported heavy fire coming from the roof, according to kptv.com. That fire was brought under control just before 4 a.m., though crews stayed on scene for hours afterward to put out hot spots, and no occupants were found and no injuries were reported, the outlet noted. The cause of that fire remained under investigation.
A more severe incident struck North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood in May, when a house fire on North Wabash Avenue killed one person and injured a second person who was hurt jumping from an upper window, kptv.com reported. Forty Portland Fire and Rescue firefighters responded to that blaze around 4:30 a.m. These earlier fires are separate incidents and are not confirmed to share any connection to the Quimby call beyond occurring in the same metro area.
Portland Fire & Rescue, which operates under the username @PDXFire and is tasked with protecting life, property, and the environment across the city, urges residents to call 9-1-1 for emergencies. The department has noted that its social media account is not monitored at all hours, meaning updates on the Quimby fire may not arrive immediately. This story will be updated as more verified information becomes available.
