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Portland warehouse fire sparks health concerns after asbestos discovery
KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) and KOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedPortland warehouse fire sparks health concerns after asbestos discovery.
The headline splitKOIN6 (Nexstar, Portland OR) frames it as "Portland warehouse fire sparks health concerns after asbestos discovery". KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) frames it as "City of Portland, DEQ confirms asbestos found in debris from Centennial Mills fire".
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Portland warehouse fire sparks health concerns after asbestos discovery
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Days after Portland watched the 116-year-old eight-story warehouse ravaged by fire, concerns grow as dangerous chemicals from the building are being tracked in the...
City of Portland, DEQ confirms asbestos found in debris from Centennial Mills fire
Lab testing confirmed the presence of asbestos in building debris from the Centennial Mills fire, according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
