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Smoke investigation at Portland cremation center, Portland OR

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/11/2025 07:21 AM

NE Riverside Pkwy suite a, Portland, OR 97230

According to the dispatch call, emergency responders investigated smoke at the Portland Cremation Center near Northeast Riverside Parkway. The smoke is linked to a bariatric cremation process, which is known to produce significant smoke. A hazard was previously recorded at this location in August.

Audio|Heard on: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk

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01:33

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 74A,

00:02

smoke investigation at the Portland Cremation Center,

00:05

near Northeast Riverside Parkway.

00:08

Talkgroup is Ops 1.

00:09

Engine 74, smoke investigation at Portland Cremation Center,

00:14

near Northeast Riverside Parkway.

00:18

Talkgroup is Ops 1,

00:20

(number withheld).

00:24

Charles?

00:26

(number withheld).

00:32

401 party 6 alpha 6% Evergreen postage care (number withheld) Northeast Beach Street Unit 1-2, Tucker-Bizaf (number withheld) Northeast Beach Street, Unit 1-2, Tucker-Biz off 1, 2nd (number withheld) Northeast Beach Street, Unit 12,

00:48

Tucker-Bis off 1, 524.

00:54

Measure 74 from us 1.

00:59

Are you familiar with the hazard at this address?

01:05

Negative.

01:09

Initially they called us to let us know that they were going to do a bariatric cremation.

01:14

There would be lots of smoke.

01:15

There is a hazard on file of this address that was entered in August of this year.

01:21

So the info-f calls are not allowed here.

01:23

We're supposed to triage and dispatch first and through pretty callers because of unsafe conditions that were ignored by the operator at this location.

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Location mentioned:

NE Riverside Pkwy suite a, Portland, OR 97230

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