GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A suspect was arrested for allegedly starting a fire in Grants Pass.
Just before midnight on July 22, someone set fire to vegetation next to the Grants Pass Goodwill store on Beacon Drive.
By the time firefighters arrived, a large tree was fully engulfed in flames that reached 50 feet high.
After the fire was put out, investigators used surveillance video to lead them to a suspect, identified as 35-year-old Jeremy Allen Mellow. He was lodged in the Josephine County jail for one charge of second-degree arson.
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