13-year-old arrested for allegedly setting Green District fire
Douglas County Sheriff's Office arrested a 13-year-old Roseburg teen for allegedly causing the Green District fire on Friday that destroyed two homes, multiple outbuildings and four vehicles.
Posted: Jul 24, 2021 2:57 PM
Updated: Jul 24, 2021 3:00 PM
Posted By: Jaewon Jung
ROSEBURG, Ore.-- Deputies arrested a 13-year-old Roseburg teen for allegedly igniting the 20-acre Green District Fire off of Rolling Hills Road.
The fire broke out Friday evening around 4:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Rolling Hills Road.
Officials said three teens were identified as having been in the area immediately before the fire started. One of them, a 13-year-old Roseburg teen, was reportedly playing with a lighter and had pulled a clump of dead and dry grass from the ground and lit it.