VIDEO: A woman and a dog were rescued from inside a burning home in Southeast Portland's Montavilla neighborhood on Tuesday morning, Portland Fire and Rescue reported.
The fire started shortly before 11 a.m. in the area of Southeast 84th Avenue and Alder Street. Some blackberry bushes outside the home caught on fire, officials said, though it wasn't clear how the bushes caught on fire. The flames then started to creep inside the house. A woman inside the home took her dog, went into a bathroom in the basement and closed the door to escape the fire and smoke. A police officer arrived first, tried to go inside and get the woman out, but couldn't due to the heat and smoke. Another resident of the home also tried but couldn't get to the woman.