A person was arrested in Azusa — a metropolis simply east of Pasadena the place one of many largest fires in L.A. is raging — Friday … and, cops declare he might have tried to begin one other hearth.
Azusa PD tells TMZ … officers have been dispatched to a neighborhood park simply earlier than midnight with reference to a brush hearth — the place they declare a witness informed them the person who lit the hearth was nonetheless on the scene.
Officers situated the suspect — a “transient” named Jose Carranza-Escobar — who they declare admitted to lighting the hearth. Cops then arrested Carranza-Escobar.
Los Angeles County Firefighters arrived and put out the blaze — and, a number of different authorities departments are actually assessing the extent of the injury brought on by the hearth.
Police have a “zero tolerance policy” for incidents like these … so, it appears like they plan to carry the hammer down on individuals who allegedly gentle fires within the space.
In reality, the L.A. County District Lawyer has already assigned a prosecutor to the case from the arson unit … and police inform us the proof might be offered as quickly as Monday for attainable expenses.
Azusa is roughly 16 miles east of Altadena … the city devastated by the Eaton Fireplace — a big blaze in northeastern L.A. that has burned greater than 14K acres. It is the second-largest that broke out in L.A. this week — about 10,000 acres smaller than the Pacific Palisades wildfire in West L.A.
