Investigation into fire at downtown Portland apartment building gets help from drone tech

Once again, Scappoose Fire District’s chief will lend his drone expertise to help fire investigators map the remains of a historic downtown Portland building.

PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been three days since Nicholas Gomez was forced out of his home at the May apartments in Southwest Portland. More than anything, the 32-year-old and his neighbors want to know what sparked the four-alarm fire that torched the 113-year-old building.

“We just want to get answers,” Gomez said. “We want to know what happened. We want to know how to move forward.”

Some answers may come sooner than others.

On Friday afternoon, the fire

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