On Thursday evening at approximately 10:00 pm units from Illinois Valley Fire District responded to a grass fire in the area of N. Boundary and Lister.
Multiple witness accounts report that a female was walking through the area with a road flare setting trash piles on fire.
At final count, the Illinois Valley Fire District had extinguished 6 separate grass fires. A number of these fires were just on the outside of the Evergreen Elementary School Property fence. W. River Street was closed for a short period of time to protect firefighters.
This arson activity is being investigated by Oregon State Police.
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