The Mason County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday they believe the 15-plus wildfires they've had in a short period of time are "suspicious" and they're putting together a task force to investigate.
Spokesman Ryan Spurling said there seems to be too many fires in a short period of time, even for hot, dry weather conditions. He said they've had more than 15 fires in a short period, including four Monday night.
There's enough similarities at some of the fire scenes that it's raised an alarm, Spurling said.
Since the sheriff's office doesn't have fire experts on its staff, the sheriff decided to call in some help and is putting together a task force of local agencies and detectives.