VIDEO: Community members were forced to make new plans Tuesday after learning Lewisville Regional Park was closed for the day because of a fire that destroyed its largest picnic shelter.
“We just found out when we got here,” David Rogers said.
The Central Shelter went up in flames around 1 a.m., according to Clark County officials.
Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue responded but ultimately – the building was deemed a complete loss.
How the fire started is unknown.
However, the fire district said it “appears to be suspicious in nature.”
The county fire marshal and sheriff’s office are investigating it as a possible arson.
“If that’s what it was, that’s scary, especially out here,” visitor Athena Anderson said. “It’s more rural … not in the city, so you just kind of feel like it’s safer.”
Susan Baxter-Harwell, county parks and nature superintendent, spent the morning on scene.
She called the fire “devastating” considering how old the shelter is.
KPTV FOX 12 Portland
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