Beacon Hill fire burns 115-acres in SW Oregon District

June 3, 2013

The 115-acre Beacon Hill Fire damaged one home and burned an outbuilding above Grants Pass in the Southwest Oregon District last weekend.

Sparks from a car driving on Interstate 5 may have started the fire in the brush along the base of Beacon Hill.

The dry conditions caused the flames to race up the hill and consume heavy brush at the top.

On Saturday the fire was in mop-up status.
Cause of the Beacon Hill Fire continues to be under investigation.

(Information from the Mail Tribune.)

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