Someone started a series of fires along a trail at Fort Ward Park early Saturday morning, and local authorities are trying to find the person or persons responsible for the fires.

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department was called to the park just before 7 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 for a reported fire.

“When we arrived pedestrians waved the fire department in to what were a number of fires in the park,” said Bainbridge Fire Chief Hank Teran.

The fires were found along a steep, wooded trail that goes toward the fort’s bunkers.

“About 600 feet in, there were a number of deliberately set fires that were discovered,” Teran said.

Approximately 10 fire units from Bainbridge stations were called to the scene, he said, and the separate fires were put out in less than 30 minutes.

No structures in the area were threatened, and Teran said no firefighters were hurt.

Fire department personnel remained at the heavily forested park for more than two hours mopping up and making sure the fires would not reignite.

Teran said the park district has also been contacted about the fires, which remain under investigation by Bainbridge police and the fire department.

Teran said anyone who has information about the fires should call 911.

Dry weather conditions in the area continue to create an extreme fire hazard on Bainbridge Island, Teran added.

A Phase II burn ban remains in effect due to the continued hot and dry weather.