On Sept. 12, a woman allegedly set fire to the side of Skinner Butte with a butane torch. Both nearby residents and the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department responded swiftly and the blaze was quickly extinguished.
Two firefighters with the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department respond to a fire on Skinner Butte that was allegedly set by a woman on September 12, 2022. [Robert Scherle // Double Sided Media]
A firefighter with the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department walks the perimeter of scorched earth on the side of Skinner Butte after a woman allegedly set it ablaze on September 12, 2022. [Robert Scherle // Double Sided Media]
Local residents do what they can with the tools available to keep the ground moist in the case a fire that a woman allegedly set on the side of Skinner Butte, on September 12, 2022, spread. [Robert Scherle // Double Sided Media]
Local residents do what they can with the tools available to keep the ground moist in the case a fire that a woman allegedly set on the side of Skinner Butte, on September 12, 2022, spread. [Robert Scherle // Double Sided Media]
A firefighter with the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department hoses down the steps that ascend up Skinner Butte after a woman allegedly set the side of the butte ablaze on September 12, 2022. [Robert Scherle // Double Sided Media]
Two firefighters with the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department respond to a fire on Skinner Butte that was allegedly set by a woman on September 12, 2022. [Robert Scherle // Double Sided Media]
