Suspicious Fire

Summer Lake, Ore. – Oregon State Police say a fire that has burned over 6,200 acres in Lake County may have started “under suspicious circumstances.” The Ana Fire was first reported around 3:00 p.m. on July 8. The fire burning brush and …

Josephine County, Ore. – Firefighters in rural Josephine County battled two more suspicious fires Wednesday morning. This comes after numerous other fires on abandoned properties in the area that firefighters said may be human-caused. Around 6:50 Wednesday morning, firefighters responded to a …

Two abandoned RV’s burned to ashes within days of each other. “We’re having too many fires that are suspicious,” Grants Pass resident Janice Sether said. Janice Sether was born and raised in Grants Pass. She’s lived in the same house since 1989 …

Josephine County, Ore. – Firefighters with Rural Metro Fire were traveling near Wilderville on Fish Hatchery Road around noon on Monday when they saw a column of smoke rising above a remote community referred to by locals as “Bed Spring Acres”. Firefighters …

Grants Pass, Ore. — The Oregon State Fire Marshal is investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a car belonging to the Three Rivers School District. Around 8:30 Friday night, Rural Metro Fire crews were called to Jerome Prairie Elementary School in Grants …

Ashland, Ore. — Fire officials are investigating what they’re calling a suspicious grass fire that sparked in Ashland. Around one Saturday afternoon, more than a dozen fire engines were called to the 2000 block of Siskiyou boulevard, near the railroad tracks. Three …

UPDATE: 07/26/16 – Medford, Ore., — It was a quick response tonight on what is now the 10th fire on the Greenway. Tonight’s behind the “Ok Market” near downtown Medford. Crews say it was small, the size of a campfire. ______________________ Medford, …

Medford, Ore. — Medford Fire-Rescue is investigating another suspicious fire that started near a transient camp Sunday afternoon. Around 1 PM, firefighters were called out to Sky Park drive behind Lava Lanes, for a reported tree that was on fire. Once on …