A man is facing charges of reckless burning and second-degree disorderly conduct after Portland police say he used a Molotov cocktail to start a massive brush fire along Interstate 205, KATU reports.
Press Release: Suspect Arrested After Starting Brush Fire with Molotov Cocktail (Photo)
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) September 14, 2020
Link: https://t.co/piZ5hT7jTH pic.twitter.com/2J80GEtWSA
First responders arrived to the scene in the 9600 block of East Burnside after 4:30pm on Sunday. Firefighters quickly extinguished a section of grass that was ablaze along the freeway.
An hour after the call, a witness phoned the police department to point out the suspect. According to the witness the man was living in a nearby tent. Domingo Lopez Jr confessed he caused the fire after creating a Molotov cocktail out of a plastic bottle and a wick. Police said they recovered what was left of the bottle and have marked it as evidence.
Lopez was booked in the Multnomah County Detention Center then arrested.
In a strange reoccurrence, Lopez was arrested again on Monday for starting six more small fires along the highway at around 3:30am and rebooked. They found Lopez walking along the side of the highway with a lighter. Half of the fires were put out by the fire department and the other half by members of the community.
BREAKING: Portland Police arrested a man today suspected of starting a brush fire using a Molotov cocktail. Firefighters extinguished the grass fire before it could spread further. Domingo Lopez Jr., 45, was arrested. He was quickly released without bail. https://t.co/NY3001kb9t pic.twitter.com/Tur64x5s9f
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 14, 2020
Arson investigators are determining if other charges are warranted and Lopez was transported to a hospital while on hold for a mental health evaluation. He was issued additional citations for six counts of reckless burning.
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