Help wanted to determine cause of Gold Canyon Fire

August 31, 2016

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY                                                                                                        
SOUTHWEST OREGON
DISTRICT                                                                                              

Contact:      
Brian Ballou
541-621-4156                                                                                                                                                        
 


The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Southwest Oregon
District is asking the public’s help in identifying the person or people who
may be responsible for starting yesterday’s Gold Canyon Fire, which burned 120
acres of forestland south of Selma in Josephine County. The fire was reported
at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday alongside Highway 199 (Redwood Highway) near the
intersection with Gold Canyon Drive.

Please call the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Grants Pass
Unit office at (541) 471-3883 if you have information that will help identify
people or vehicles in the area at that time. Information received will be
confidential.

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