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California fire agency engineer arrested, suspected of starting 5 wildfires
Robert Hernandez, 38, a Cal Fire fire apparatus engineer, was arrested and charged with six felonies, including arson during a state of emergency.
California fire agency employee arrested on suspicion of starting 5 blazes
A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee was arrested Friday on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks, officials said.
Fire engineer arrested on suspicion of setting blazes in Northern California
Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of committing arson on forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor.
A Cal Fire employee has been arrested for starting five fires in Northern California
Robert Hernandez, a fire apparatus engineer, is suspected of starting five fires in Northern California in August and.
California fire agency worker faces arson charges
Robert Hernandez, a 38-year-old apparatus engineer at Cal Fire, was charged with five counts of arson, and is due to appear in court on Tuesday. He is suspected of igniting the blazes while off duty in three areas of northern California between 15 August and 14 September.
California Firefighter Accused of Sparking Blazes in the State's Wine Country
A California firefighter has been arrested and accused of setting five blazes in the state's wine country, even as his fellow firefighters battle flames that have consumed almost a million acres and forced thousands of evacuations in the state this year.
California firefighter accused of setting fires in wine country
A California firefighter was arrested on suspicion of arson in a series of small fires that burned in wine country in recent weeks, officials said Friday.
California fire agency employee charged with starting 5 blazes
A forestry fire engineer was arrested in California Friday, charged with starting five wildfires from Aug. 15 to Sept. 14 in Sonoma County.
Serving California firefighter charged with deliberately starting 5 wildfires
A California firefighter has been arrested after allagedly starting five wildfires in the state's north. Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested on Friday on suspicion of "arson to forest land" after he allegedly started the blazes in Northern California,
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8 firefighters hurt, 2 critically, in fire truck rollover crash while returning from California wildfire
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A large section of the Pacific Crest Trail burns in devastating California fire
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A key ingredient has been missing from California’s wildfires this year. Experts worry things will get worse if it arrives
Large, explosive and destructive fires have torn through parts of California this year well before the state’s most extreme ...