Crime & Safety
Three Semi-Trucks Destroyed By Fire At Portland Service Shop
The three trucks were at a service shop on Southeast Foster when one caught fire and the flames spread to the other two.
PORTLAND, OR – Fire officials are investigating the destruction of five trucks early Thursday morning. It happened at a service shop, VH Truck Service Repair Shop, at Southeast Foster Road and 113th Boulevard.
The fire appears to have started on the driver's side near the windshield of a semi-truck and then spread to two other semis and two other trucks.
All five were badly damaged.
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Firefighters were able to contain the fire before it spread to the nearby buildings.
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Officials have not yet determined a cause of the fire.
The city's Bureau of Environmental Services was notified because it appeared that some of the diesel that fueled the fire went into the shop's drain system.
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