Phone catches fire in airport hold room, Portland OR
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Disorderly ConductAccording to the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible disturbance at Portland International Airport involving a male whose phone began smoking and briefly caught fire in a hold room. The fire went out on its own, and no ongoing smoke was visible from security cameras.
Audio|Heard on: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
A bit limited and what it allowed us to describe this male is a disturbance.
00:06
What we do have, officers on scene.
00:08
Also, is that you guys going through NA-75?
00:13
Negative, we are just pulling out of those stations.
00:21
This is probably C8 and it,
00:25
we're not going through it, but it probably triggered it when I pull it out of the station.
00:30
I copy, thank you.
00:31
That saves us a bunch of work.
00:32
Officers are on scene.
00:33
It was a male with a disturbance.
00:34
He folded his phone in half.
00:37
It started smoking a lot.
00:39
It was very sick for a moment there.
00:41
There were some flames.
00:43
Went out,
00:44
seemed to have caught on fire again, more smoke, and then it went out.
00:48
I'm not sure where it is now.
00:49
It's very small.
00:54
And Jaycott, please update.
00:55
Thank you.
00:57
And just for info, I don't see any smoke haze anymore in the hold room, but the camera quality is questionable.
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Location mentioned:
Portland International Airport (PDX), 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218
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