Photos: Downtown Portland explosion destroys food cart, shatters windows
Andrew Foran
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An explosion early Sunday morning rocked an entire city block in downtown Portland, destroying a food cart that shattered windows and scattered debris in a wide swath.
Calls began coming in at around 3:40 am, Portland police said.
The explosion caused damage to the food cart as well as many windows in the surrounding area which shattered, littering the streets with glass.
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
Scene of an explosion at a food cart pod in downtown Portland on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022 (KOIN)
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No injuries were immediately reported, according to police.
Sunday afternoon PFR said they found “no indication at this time this incident was a device and it is being investigated as a fuel gas explosion consistent with something like propane.” The investigation is ongoing.
