Posted on 09/11/2024 4:04:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Police in California have arrested a man on suspicion of starting the Line Fire - a major wildfire that has burned more than 34,000 acres (53 sq miles) in the state. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, a 34-year-old resident of Norco, California, was stopped on Tuesday for arson and is being held in lieu of bail, officials said.
The Line Fire is one of three major wildfires sparked in the last week that are burning out of control in southern California, stretching firefighter resources and threatening thousands of homes.
As of Wednesday morning, the Line Fire was 14% contained. Police did not provide details on how Mr Halstenberg is alleged to have sparked the massive blaze, which is burning in San Bernardino County, about 60 miles (96km) east of Los Angeles.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate the area and the fire threatens over 65,000 structures. CalFire officials say the blaze continues to grow in steep terrain, making access difficult, especially near the Big Bear area.
The fire has been fuelled by strong winds and dry conditions, though firefighters hope cooler weather forecast for later in the week will help their efforts. The structures under threat, both homes and commercial properties, include some 13,300 in areas currently under evacuation orders.
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If you hold your hand up to cover his photo from the chin on down…..
He looks like one of those heads on Easter Island.
Middle name is Wayne. Probably a dead girl buried where the fire started.
Justin Wayne Halstenberg...better known as Climate Change /S
There has been a second fire , Bridge fire, that is in Angeles National Forest, within three miles of my daughter here in La Verne. She has been on ready alert to evacuate. With heat wave of triple digits , not good. Today the heat wave broke, thank God!
Give him a choice, firing squad or hanging.
I think “fire bugs” are truly insane people, and should get life in prison, whether or not deaths occur from the fires they start.
I know what it’s like working on those fires. I did it woriking a summer into fall for the California Division of Forestry, between end of high schoool and starting college.
Have you ever seen a tree explode right before you, just from the internal pressure of the H2O in the tree with it’s temperatre raised rapidly above boiling by the fire, and that internal H2O pressure has to be released? I have.
Sorry to hear how close you are to the fire. And your daughter too. Prayers up for both of you.
Why the long face?
Huh. I thought the big bad electric utilities were guilty.
Green Valley Lake is where Grand PA
Taught me to Fish....
I bet he has a man bun..
I didn’t look that low.
Oh…..
You mean his hair.
Looks bald to me.

This pinhead looks like a birth defect.
Reminds me I need to buy a new pencils eraser
He reminds me of Mr Potato head.
That is definitely a AI written article.
Yes….yes…..
I can see that.
Especially around the eyes.
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