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Press release from Portland Fire & Rescue:
August 6, 2021
Crews responded to a commercial fire at the Lloyd Center at 6:50 pm. Reports were that there was smoke coming from the lower parking garage under the Mall. On arrival crews found the basement had heavy smoke banked to the floor and zero visibility. Crews did search for victims with nobody found and no reports of injuries. The source of the fire was found, a generator room, and it was extinguished by sprinklers. A second alarm was tapped due to the large amount of lingering and rising smoke that required the mall to be evacuated and all power shut off. Power company is on scene and smoke is being removed to assist them.
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