GASTON, Oregon — Deputies are asking the public’s help in identifying two teenage boys they say set a house on fire in rural Washington County Monday.
Firefighters responded to a fire Monday morning at the house, at Southwest Cherry Grove Drive and Southwest Fir Street near Gaston.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said multiple witnesses reported seeing two white males about 13 to 15-years-old running away from the house toward Southwest Lee Falls Road area just before the fire started at around 11 a.m.
Witnesses said one of the suspects was carrying a red container with a spout that looked like a gas can.
One of the boys was seen wearing a white t-shirt and tan pants or shorts, deputies said. They may be associated with a gray or silver SUV.
No one was home at the time of the fire, according to authorities.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at 503-846-2500.
