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Los Angeles wildfires: California firebug arrest caught on video as police warn of arsonists
Fox News ^ | January 13, 2025 | Michael Ruiz

Posted on 01/13/2025 11:51:56 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Police and residents of Azusa, California, a small city in Los Angeles County, teamed up Friday to stop a suspected arsonist in his tracks as at least three large wildfires threaten the region and winds are expected to pick up again.

With increased officers on patrol amid the wildfire emergency, Azusa Police Department Capt. Robert Landeros said the first responding officer arrived quickly to the scene at Pioneer Park around 11:30 p.m. after neighbors confronted the homeless suspect, who was still there when the first officer arrived.

"This was intentional," Landeros told Fox News Digital Monday. "Some of the neighbors confronted him, stopped him from setting an additional fire in the park."

Video shows an Azusa officer handcuffing a man just steps away from a billowing brush fire, which authorities say county firefighters quickly extinguished.

Police have identified the suspect as 39-year-old Jose Carranza-Escobar, "a transient" whose last known address was also in Azusa. They said he admitted to starting the brush fire.

The arrest comes as firefighters continue to battle at least three active wildfires in Los Angeles County that have killed at least 24 and damaged thousands of homes and businesses.

Carranza was jailed on arson charges.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: azusa; josecarranzaescobar; pioneerpark; pioneerparkfire
Jose Carranza-Escobar, transient.
1 posted on 01/13/2025 11:51:56 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Mr Global Warming?


2 posted on 01/13/2025 11:53:57 AM PST by Nifty
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To: Navy Patriot

Illegal
39-year-old Jose Carranza-Escobar, “a transient”


3 posted on 01/13/2025 11:54:32 AM PST by ncfool (America has died we are living in the united socialist states of aMeriKa)
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To: Navy Patriot

A third arsonist?

This one is further west than the other two: one started in Palisades and the lady who lit a fire in Malibu.


4 posted on 01/13/2025 11:56:00 AM PST by SeanS
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To: Navy Patriot

Arsonists should be publicly executed


5 posted on 01/13/2025 12:12:26 PM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: Navy Patriot

MY HOMELESS JUST got 3 hots & a cot...

WHO IS MORE STUPID?????


6 posted on 01/13/2025 12:30:31 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Navy Patriot

Jailed on arson charges? Should just be hung and burned for arson.


7 posted on 01/13/2025 1:38:13 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: Sequoyah101

It’s murder x 25 at last count


8 posted on 01/13/2025 2:06:18 PM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: Navy Patriot

I used to man the reference desk at the Azusa City Library.


9 posted on 01/13/2025 3:21:58 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Nifty

“Climate Change” causes more arsonists. Who knew?


10 posted on 01/13/2025 3:49:58 PM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: Fiji Hill

Azusa: “Everything from A to Z in the USA”.


11 posted on 01/13/2025 3:50:56 PM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: Nifty

The biggest arsonists are the democrat politicians.


12 posted on 01/15/2025 2:09:01 AM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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