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Apr 17, 2021, 21 tweets

Police are pushing remaining protestors out to the area

Police are holding an intersection

Protestors started a dumpster fire

Dumpster fire outside the Apple store

Portland, Oregon

Protestors have broken the wooden panel off the pioneer square mall entrance but have not entered

Protestors set fire to the side of the Apple store

Protestors started a fire on the side of the Apple store, the building itself is not on fire but there are burning materials against it

Portland, Oregon: The building is not on fire right now. But there is debris next to the building that is on fire.

The fire does not seem to be growing, it seems contained to the debris and not the building

At this point the fire has burned for 6minutes

The tarp around the Apple store has been lit on fire by protesters

The fire has now been burning for 10 minutes

The Apple store is now on fire

Portland Oregon

Portland Police and fire arrive and put out the fire.

Portland police have established a permitter, the fire department has put out the fire at the Apple store.

No injuries.

Portland fire puts out the dumpster fire. There are no more fires in the area.

Several floors up in the building, fire alarms are going off

There were half a dozen gunshots in downtown. More information is not known at this time.

Nobody in the group of protestors or police is hurt. No injuries.

I am out of downtown.

One police officer told another they thought somebody drove by and shot into the air.

Police look for casings but find none.

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