Multiple wildfires have occurred in Grant Parish this month which have caused damage to properties and even threatened some homes.
Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain said over the last 18 days, five separate wildfires have affected the parish.
“The fires have burned hundreds and hundreds of acres of timber in Grant Parish that we believe were at the hands of an arsonist,” said Sheriff McCain.
One fire stretched over 734 acres that came within 100 yards of a house and also came close to Grant High School. Chris Ledoux, a Law Enforcement Officer for the U.S. Forest Service, says Highway 167 is what stopped the fire from spreading to the school. Three homes have been threatened by the wildfires and one family had to be evacuated from their home. The family was able to return to their house that same evening after the fire was contained.