Daniel Johnson and Sydni Harvey watched as a Multnomah County inmate work crew hauled out burnt mattresses, charred wood and other debris from a fire that tore through a North Portland homeless camp Monday.

The couple said their two dogs were some of the last few possessions they still have.

Harvey said she didn't immediately know where she, her boyfriend and the dogs, Bronson and Charlotte, would live now.

"Everything inside is burnt," she said. "It's devastating."

A camp stove that malfunctioned when it was lit sparked the fire around 6:35 a.m., displacing two groups of residents at the Forgotten Realms camp in the 2700 block of North Kerby Avenue, the Portland Fire Bureau said. The agency reported no one was injured, but several residents said a Chihuahua named Bebe died in the blaze.

Harvey and Johnson were at a friend's nearby tent when the fire broke out. Johnson said the fire started at a structure next to theirs while one of the neighbors was trying to make coffee.

The heat became so great that it melted the siding on the side of a neighboring building that houses a law office.

A worker at the firm said the business had to close for at least the morning because of the fire damage. The firm owner lives in the house and had to rush out of the home to safety, an office employee told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

The encampment is across the street from Legacy Emmanuel Medical Center.

Tony Hernandez and Stephanie Yao Long of The Oregonian/OregonLive staff contributed to this story.

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