Homeless camp set on fire in Old Town
April 18 2021
Police arrest a woman for the Saturday morning arson that started to spread to an adjacent building.
Police have arrested a woman for setting a homeless camp in Old Town on fire Saturday, April 17.
No injuries were reported.
Alisha M. Ikola, 20, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on a charge of arson in the second degree.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, at 11 a.m. April 17, Central Precinct officers were called to a report of a fire in a camp at Northwest Fourth Avenue and Davis Street. When officers arrived, they found the fire had fully engulfed the tent and was starting to spread to the adjacent building.