evidence: Fact check: 'WE ARE NOT ABLAZE,' Portland fire department says after Trump falsely claims 'entire... [...] At a Monday news conference, Trump claimed that protests in Portland have been so damaging that "the entire city is ablaze all the time." "WE ARE NOT ABLAZE IN PORTLAND," Lt. Rich Chatman, a spokesman for Portland Fire & Rescue, said in a text message to CNN on Monday night. "There is a very isolated pocket of demonstrations that have involved fire, none of which has been substantial enough to need more than 1 fire engine."