California Boy Charged In Second Fire

Authorities say they believe a 13-year-old boy set a 2,100-acre (850-hectare) wildfire last month in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, a fire that burned alongside the huge Station fire.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. David Infante says his department asked prosecutors Wednesday to charge the boy with arson for the fire that started Aug. 25 in the Angeles National Forest and was contained Sept. 3 with no homes were damaged.

Infante didn’t have the boy’s name or other details. He says the teen isn’t in custody.

District attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons says charges will likely be filed Thursday.

The fire was dwarfed by another arson blaze in the Angeles National Forest that destroyed 89 homes. The 251-square-mile (650-square-kilometer) blaze started a day after the smaller one and is 91 percent contained.

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• September 23, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  Reason says:

  I vote his parents receive a good solid kick in the giblets too. Just as a commemorative event celebrating their excellent parenting skills.
• September 21, 2009 at 1:05 am

  Compman says:

  How about making him volunteer in a severe burn unit at a local hospital for a couple of years. That way he can see what a fire can cause.
• September 21, 2009 at 9:47 am

  Dibs says:

  It would if they stationed him at Camp 16 which is the Prison Firefighter Training camp where Ted Hall and Arnaldo Quinones were based and who died tragically in the Station F... read more