PORTLAND, Ore. — Police arrested a woman after she allegedly lit a fire that damaged a business in Southeast Portland Tuesday morning, Portland police told KGW.

Portland Fire & Rescue responded to the fire near Southeast Division Street and 87th Avenue. The agency said in a post on X around 5:52 a.m. that the fire was extinguished, but flames slightly charred the side of a building near a staircase.

KGW spoke to the couple who owns the business. They declined an on-camera interview, but said this isn't the first time they've dealt with a fire. In another incident, they said a fire that was used for warmth had spread close to the building but didn't damage it.

Boulders are placed around the staircase, but people still come and go underneath the stairs. The building houses several busin

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