PORTLAND, Ore. ( PORTLAND TRIBUNE ) — City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez is calling the arson at a future North Portland homeless shelter “domestic terrorism.”
According to the Portland Police Bureau, the Jan. 7 fire at the Bureau of Environmental Services location seriously damaged city heavy equipment clearing the site ahead of it becoming the newest large-scale sanctioned camp site. An anonymous post on a far-left website claimed responsibility.
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“This has all the markings of domestic terrorism,” Gonzalez posted on X , formerly known as Twitter, on Jan. 23. The website also posted a claim of responsibility for the family car set on fire outside of Gonzalez’s home on Jan. 12.
The claims cannot be independently verified.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, at least one person appears to have intentionally set North Portland fires under a forklift, bulldozer and excavator. The Jan. 7 fire caused tens of thousands of dollars of damages.