A 22-year-old man, found guilty of arson and sentenced to five years in prison, admitted to deliberately setting fire to an abandoned wooden building in Oregon City because transients who lived there had stolen his belongings.

The Inferno Took 190 Firefighters Several Hours to Control

Christian Gannon Dukes pleaded guilty to first-degree arson when he appeared in the Clackamas County Circuit Court on Thursday following an inferno at premises previously owned by the Blue Heron Paper Mill, which took 190 firefighters several hours to control. Tidings Context The fire site is part of the former Blue Heron Paper Mill property bought by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in 2019 for the planned tumwata village redevelopment at Willamette Falls.

Dukes was arrested on June 12 after poli

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