PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters battled a large fire Monday morning at Portland Garment Factory, a business located at Southeast 79th Avenue and Stark Street. The fire started around 3:30 a.m.
Portland fire officials said they used interior fire attacks, trying to aggressively fight the fire from the inside. The roof of the building collapsed, fire officials said.
A body shop on Stark Street may have been damaged, fire officials said, but no other nearby businesses were affected. Fire officials said about a dozen people were were evacuated from nearby apartments.
No injuries were reported.