Portland Officials Warn Protesters That Fireworks, Molotov Cocktails Could Spark Out-Of-Control Fires – By Aaron Homer (Inquisitr) / Sept 8 2020
Authorities in Portland, Oregon, are warning protesters that some of the devices used in demonstrations, such as Molotov cocktails and fireworks, could spark fires while the state is bedeviled by dry and windy conditions.
As KATU News reported, protests have occurred almost nightly in the city since the death of George Floyd on May 25 and some of those have turned violent. Demonstrators have thrown Molotov cocktails at police, for example, or launched fireworks at them. In other cases, they’ve set fires to mattresses or the contents of dumpsters.
For example, according to a KGW report, on Sunday night firefighters battled mattress fires in at least two locations in the city. Further, police arrested at least one person holding a glass jar filled with an unidentified flammable liquid, while another detainee had a dish soap bottled filled with a flammable liquid with a wick attached to it.
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