Police have accused eight people of criminal charges in connection with a brush fire sparked by fireworks in Lincoln City on July Fourth, officials said.
The Lincoln City Police Department didn’t give an exact time for when the fire started near the 1600 block of SW Coast Avenue, but said in a statement that it began sometime before 10 p.m., and that officers found probable cause to accuse the suspects of criminal charges around 11 p.m.
Police haven’t released the identities of the eight people, or specified what charges they face.
Lincoln City Fire and Rescue added in a separate statement that the blaze prompted Level 2 “Get Set” warnings in some neighborhoods near the fire, but firefighters beat back the flames enough that they downgraded the evacuation notices to Level 1 “Be Ready” notices by roughly 1:20 a.m.
By 3 a.m. the fire had died down enough for most of the firefighters to leave, with only one engine remaining overnight as a precaution.
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