That home belongs to District 4 City Councilor Mitch Green. On Tuesday afternoon, after repeated requests for comment, Green said in a statement that he had been unaware there was a burn ban. “I was unaware that a burn ban was in place when I cleared some brush in my backyard last month,” Green said. A fire engine carrying a lieutenant and three firefighters arrived on the scene 10 minutes later at the home in the West Portland Park neighborhood. It was a somber debrief, and she laid out how Portland firefighters had been deployed across the state to help combat fires.