Oregon City police arrested a local man Thursday on suspicion of intentionally setting fire to the shuttered Blue Heron paper mill built on the roaring riverbanks just off Willamette Falls.

Crews work to extinguish a fire at the former Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City on January 30, 2025. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB. THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: Become a Sponsor.

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KPTV) - Firefighters battled a massive fire on the property of an abandoned paper mill in Oregon City early Thursday morning. At about 3:46 a.m., ...

Firefighters battled a 3-alarm blaze at the old Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City Thursday morning, Clackamas Fire reported. Officials closed Highway 99E as fire crews tackled the blaze.

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OREGON CITY, Ore. (KATU) — A 3-alarm fire broke out at the former Blue Heron paper mill located in Oregon City early Thursday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene just after 3:45 a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The vacant Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City is now just a pile of rubble, still smoldering more than a week after a three-alarm fire.A hundred firefighters responded to the ...

Crews work to extinguish a fire at the former Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City on January 30, 2025. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB. Clean up efforts continue after a large fire broke out Thursday ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A large fire that destroyed the former home of the Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City last month has been deemed accidental, according to Clackamas Fire.