A local church believes a thief was looking to steal some quick fuel but sent several vans up in flames instead.
It all happened in the parking lot of Grand View Baptist Church in Beavercreek at about 2 a.m. Sunday.
That’s when Pastor Mike Mutchler says a Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputy knocked on his door and told him the church’s vans were on fire.
Surveillance video shows the moment it happened. The suspect is seen walking up to the vans and then disappears underneath.
A short time later, a fire erupts and then the person reappears and runs away.
At first, Mutchler says they feared the worst.
“At first we thought it was arson, but as it checked out, someone was just stealing fuel and they used a drill and drilled up to the gas tank and sparked it,” he said.