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Budgets cuts force firefighters to show up without water

Fire crews had to wait for several minutes for engines from other stations to arrive

KGW.com

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland firefighters are showing up to blazes with no water due to budget cuts.

On Tuesday, a commercial fire broke out in a lumber yard in North Portland. When firefighters from Station 8 arrived on scene, they radioed to other emergency responders.

“Be advised, we are a truck company. We have no water source,” said firefighters in a radio call obtained by KGW.

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