Pyro on the loose in Newport?? They finally tracked down a suspect.
Wheeler Field
Boxes on fire in a dugout
Newport Fire on scene
1:50pm
Cardboard boxes on fire in a dugout at Wheeler Field just off North Coast Highway, Newport
1:59pm
Fire is out.
2:43pm
Determined to be an intentionally set fire. Firefighters now say there’s been a second intentionally set fire in the vicinity of Fred Meyer.
2:43pm
Another fire near Walmart, east side of 101. Newport fire enroute.
3:33pm
Fire outside Walmart. Burning stacks of flattened and tied-up cardboard boxes.
4:35pm
Police have the suspected arsonist in custody.
