An explosive fire in an RV where people had lived for years on Southeast Division Street sent a column of black smoke into the Portland sky Friday afternoon and blew out windows in the business where the vehicle was parked.

Four days later, no information was available from Portland Fire & Rescue about the cause of the fire. “Two displaced occupants are being assisted by the Red Cross,” an agency spokesperson wrote in an email Tuesday. “One cat is missing.”

A single engine was dispatched to the fire at 4:20 p.m. Friday, Portland Fire & Rescue spokesperson Rick Graves wrote in an email. The RV caught fire as some people were starting their evening commute on bikes, cars and the nearby MAX Orange Line. The block of Division Street between Southeast 8th and 9th avenues, just east of OMS

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