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US man arrested for allegedly sparking California's Line Fire
bbc ^ | 09/11/2024 | Nadine Yousef

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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1 posted on 09/11/2024 4:04:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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https://the22magazine.com/norco-resident-justin-wayne-halstenberg-is-living-a-life-without-wife-and-children/


2 posted on 09/11/2024 4:05:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


3 posted on 09/11/2024 4:10:45 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: BenLurkin

Middle name is Wayne. Probably a dead girl buried where the fire started.


4 posted on 09/11/2024 4:13:57 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/9/5/line-fire


5 posted on 09/11/2024 4:14:18 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BenLurkin

Justin Wayne Halstenberg...better known as Climate Change /S


6 posted on 09/11/2024 4:15:42 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin
This fire started in Highland , which is about 30 minutes from my home in La Verne, Ca. Smoke has been terrible!

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!

7 posted on 09/11/2024 4:16:09 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: BenLurkin

Give him a choice, firing squad or hanging.


8 posted on 09/11/2024 4:24:20 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: BenLurkin

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.


9 posted on 09/11/2024 4:30:40 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: pollywog

Sorry to hear how close you are to the fire. And your daughter too. Prayers up for both of you.


10 posted on 09/11/2024 4:31:22 PM PDT by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: BenLurkin

Why the long face?


11 posted on 09/11/2024 4:32:52 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: BenLurkin

Huh. I thought the big bad electric utilities were guilty.


12 posted on 09/11/2024 4:41:52 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Wuli

Green Valley Lake is where Grand PA
Taught me to Fish....


13 posted on 09/11/2024 4:54:20 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: blueunicorn6

I bet he has a man bun..


14 posted on 09/11/2024 5:17:18 PM PDT by mowowie
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I didn’t look that low.

Oh…..

You mean his hair.

Looks bald to me.


15 posted on 09/11/2024 5:21:49 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: BenLurkin

This pinhead looks like a birth defect.

16 posted on 09/11/2024 5:49:24 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Reminds me I need to buy a new pencils eraser


17 posted on 09/11/2024 5:52:15 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: blueunicorn6

He reminds me of Mr Potato head.


18 posted on 09/11/2024 5:54:47 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: BenLurkin

That is definitely a AI written article.


19 posted on 09/11/2024 5:55:26 PM PDT by webheart
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To: roving

Yes….yes…..

I can see that.

Especially around the eyes.


20 posted on 09/11/2024 6:00:38 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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