US Forest Service: Arson caused giant wildfire north of LA; homicide investigation launched
By Raquel Maria Dillon, APThursday, September 3, 2009
US Forest Service: Arson caused giant LA wildfire
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service says arson is the cause of the wildfire north of Los Angeles that killed two firefighters. Deputies have launched a homicide investigation. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is looking for the person who set the fire that’s destroyed more than five dozen homes and burned 226 square miles.
The two firefighters died Sunday when their truck careened off a steep mountain road.
Filed under: Accidents and Disasters, Crime, Environment, Natural Disasters, Natural Hazards
Tags: Arson, California, Fires, Land, Los Angeles, North America, United States, Us-wildfires, Violent Crime
Tags: Arson, California, Fires, Land, Los Angeles, North America, United States, Us-wildfires, Violent Crime
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