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Palo Alto woman arrested on suspicion of starting 5,500-acre Fawn Fire
Mercury News ^ | 09 23 2021 | Fiona Kelliher

Posted on 09/24/2021 7:19:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A 30-year-old woman from Palo Alto was arrested Thursday on suspicion of starting a fast-growing wildfire in Shasta County, authorities said.

Late Wednesday afternoon, Cal Fire and other crews were dispatched to a new wildfire in a deep, hard-to-reach canyon near Lake Shasta, at Fawndale Road north of Mountain Gate, the agency said. The blaze was later dubbed the Fawn Fire.

Earlier that day, employees had reported seeing a woman trespassing in the area and acting strangely.

A few hours later at around 8 p.m., a woman — later identified as Palo Alto resident Alexandra Souverneva — emerged out of the brush near the fire line and told firefighters she needed medical help for dehydration. She was transported out of the area for evaluation and treatment.

During a subsequent interview with Cal Fire and law enforcement, officers came to believe Souverneva was responsible for setting the fire, Cal Fire said, though the details of the interview were not released. She was arrested and booked into Shasta County Jail.

The Fawn Fire grew rapidly through rugged terrain and dry fuels overnight Wednesday, engulfing about 5,500 acres with 5% containment as of Thursday evening. It has destroyed 25 structures and is threatening 2,000 others, according to Cal Fire.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arson; california; fawnfire; scrolldown
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1 posted on 09/24/2021 7:19:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Guilty


2 posted on 09/24/2021 7:19:53 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: yesthatjallen

She stopped tutoring HS kids and lists her occupation as “shaman”.

Long ways down from CalTech ...

I just don’t see her as very high on the hot/crazy matrix ...


3 posted on 09/24/2021 7:32:20 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is she hooked up with the “professor” who started other fires in California?


4 posted on 09/24/2021 7:51:35 PM PDT by utax
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To: texas booster

People who set fires should have the book thrown at them! ... Plus be listed as a Domestic Terrorist.


5 posted on 09/24/2021 7:52:06 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: texas booster

I think she is basically a looker.


6 posted on 09/24/2021 7:59:20 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: yesthatjallen

From her bio...

“State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
PhD student-Environmental Chemistry”

RED FLAG!
SMOKING GUN!
DA BISH DID IT!


7 posted on 09/24/2021 8:00:36 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: yesthatjallen

So is she a nut about EnviroMentalism?

Or just a pyromaniac?


8 posted on 09/24/2021 8:01:08 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: caww

Throw them into the fire.


9 posted on 09/24/2021 8:03:59 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: oldvirginian

Is it a Russian last name?


10 posted on 09/24/2021 8:04:18 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: yesthatjallen

Bad acne as a kid? Or Meth dots?


11 posted on 09/24/2021 8:07:44 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: alternatives?

Not sure. Looks Slavic.
But I’m just a hick that only speaks English and Bad English.


12 posted on 09/24/2021 8:14:00 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: yesthatjallen

A few posts ago there was a picture of our Great Fearless Leader Biden. Compare the looks in his eyes with that of this woman. Somehow it looks like no one is home in either residency.


13 posted on 09/24/2021 8:14:32 PM PDT by saintgermaine (Saintgermain the time traveler)
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To: TexasM1A

Ya wonder what was she thinking? I’ll never understand the stupid things young folks do today that are destructive and harmful.


14 posted on 09/24/2021 8:14:43 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

“A California woman acting suspiciously.” (With crazy eyes.)

Well, who would have ever guessed that? That description narrows it down to about 10 million.


15 posted on 09/24/2021 8:15:11 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: yesthatjallen

Crazy eyes.


16 posted on 09/24/2021 8:46:50 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The eyes say “bat-(bleep)” crazy. Seen them before.

CC


17 posted on 09/24/2021 9:02:19 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

She sounds like trouble to me.


18 posted on 09/24/2021 9:09:49 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: martin_fierro

Silicon Valley ping?

Sayyyyy, doesn’t “Fierro” mean fire?


19 posted on 09/24/2021 9:22:41 PM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Stone faced. Almost literally.


20 posted on 09/24/2021 9:29:36 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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