Bethany residents displaced after 2-alarm fire at apartment building
Authorities said several people called 911 around 3:28 a.m. on Saturday due to alarms prompted by flames spreading at a multi-family housing complex on the 18400 block of Northwest Chemeketa Lane. Emergency responders upgraded the incident to a two-alarm fire to bring additional assistance to the scene.
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According to TVF&R, the first crews to arrive extinguished the 'heavy fire' that started outside and spread to the inside of the apartment. The agency and Hillsboro Fire & Rescue deployed three attack lines and controlled the fire within 25 minutes.
Officials said all tenants were able to evacuate, and just one was treated at the scene. Three apartment units were impacted by the incident.
Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire.
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