'Heavy fire' burns front of home in Northeast Portland, displacing 3

Portland Fire & Rescue said that a leaking gas meter near the home’s front porch fed the fire with a steady stream of natural gas.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Fire & Rescue responded to a fire at a Northeast Portland home on Monday afternoon, fed by natural gas, that threatened to spread to nearby structures.

Firefighters responded just before 4 p.m. to a home in the 700 block of Northeast Church Street, just north of Northeast Killingsworth, for “reports of a porch on fire” that was spreading to the house, PF&R said.

Crews on the first engine to get near the scene reported seeing

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