The fire is one of dozens currently burning in the west of the US.
Investigators say one of the dozens of fires devastating the US might have been lit deliberately.
The Alameda fire started late on Tuesday morning in Ashland, a city of around 21,000 residents in southern Oregon, near the border with California. Two bodies have been found and around 600 homes have been destroyed, although more victims are expected to be found as search teams continue to sort through wreckage.Ashland's police chief Tighe O'Meara said detectives were treating the fire as suspicious but he gave no further details."We're going to pursue it as a criminal investigation until we have reason to believe that it was otherwise.
Rich Tyler, a spokesman for the state fire marshal's office, said:"Every fire is investigated for the possibility of arson so that we can either determine it is or rule it out."
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