A street view of the July 19 fire in the former Kmart in Northeast Portland.

Following the 4-alarm fire that ripped through an old Kmart building in Northeast Portland, a class action lawsuit was filed against the owners of the building alleging that their failure to maintain the property led to the fire which impacted thousands of residents of the Parkrose neighborhood.

Suing on behalf of himself and other Parkrose residents, the plaintiff claims several reports were made to the building owners, named as RFC Joint Venture in the court documents, about trash littering the property and that the building was openly accessible and being used by homeless people.

The court documents also name Zygmunt Wilf as a general partner in RFC Joint Venture and Prologis 2, L.P. as a limited partnership that leased the property to RFC.

According to the court documents, the plaintiff also claims the July 19 fire impacted the daily lives of residents of the Parkrose neighborhood, preventing them from making use of their yards and causing a concern about the safety of allowing children to play in their yards.