ST. HELENS, Ore. — A firefighter has been hospitalized after responding to a large storage unit fire in St. Helens on Saturday, according to Columbia River Fire & Rescue.
Firefighters arrived at 777 Port Avenue, a U-Store Self Storage facility near the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, on Saturday morning. Officials said that Port Avenue would be closed while crews continued to work on knocking down the fire.
By 12:30 p.m., Columbia River Fire & Rescue posted an update to say that one of its firefighters had been taken to a Portland hospital "due to injuries sustained on scene," but they were in stable condition.
Already hours into the response, officials said that work on the fire could take several more hours to be fully under control. Columbia River Fire asked people to avoid the area for mutual safety.
"We ask that the public please not try to come to the scene, this is still a working event," the agency said. "The building owner will provide details as he is able. Please allow us to complete our job here and be patient with this process."
Officials said that the 300 building on the storage unit property was the one damaged by the fire.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more details as they emerge.
