Editor's Note: KOIN 6 News anchorman Jeff Gianola will retire around Thanksgiving 2025 after more than 40 years as a Portland journalist. In this series, Jeff looks back at some of the most memorable stories he's covered and shared.

This story originally aired October 19, 2016.

On that day, Jeff Gianola anchored the newscast from the scene of the still-smoldering rubble and earned an Emmy for his work. "But that Emmy," he said, "belongs to the KOIN 6 News team and their incredible reporting that day."

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) --- Three firefighters, 2 police officers and 3 others were injured in a large gas explosion Wednesday morning in Northwest Portland.

The incident happened at NW 23rd Avenue and Glisan Street in the Dosha Salon Spa building. Officials with Portland Fire & Rescue conf

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