Authorities investigate fires near La Pine

Published 5:00 am Wednesday, October 23, 2013

An Oregon State Police arson investigator is looking in to a series of fires discovered Tuesday about 10 miles southwest of La Pine along the Deschutes-Klamath county line.

Echo Murray, dispatch coordinator for the Walker Range Forest Protective Association, said 11 fires were reported between about 1:30 p.m. and 3:50 p.m., all within a mile of each other near Masten Butte. The largest of the fires burned a little more than an acre, she said.

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Murray said falling temperatures in the afternoon helped keep the fires from spreading. She said the OSP has opened an investigation in to the origin of the fires.

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