Portland fire officials are investigating a possible arson after a suspicious fire damaged the home of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos early on Sunday.

Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded to the blaze at Avalos’ home in the Mill Park Neighborhood at 2:40 a.m. on Sunday. Firefighters found multiple cars and a carport engulfed in flames.

Crews extinguished the fire and no one was injured. Investigators determined the vehicle where the fire originated belonged to Avalos. Police said the cause of the fire remains undetermined, but investigators consider it “suspicious.”

On social media, Councilor Avalos reported she woke up to her car, carport and home engulfed in flames. “I was able to get out safely with my cat Valentino,” she wrote.

Avalos thanked fire crews for their respons

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