A suspected arsonist was busted setting a new fire near where more than 200,000 acres burned near the California-Nevada border, police said.
Damien Pineda-Contreras, 29, was arrested and booked on a felony charge of third-degree arson after police caught him with lighter fluid and fire starters in north Reno over the weekend, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they “observed a vehicle enter the roadway from a vacant dirt lot off the roundabout at Dandini Boulevard and Spectrum Boulevard without its headlights on,” the department said.
“Deputies then noticed a small brush fire burning in the area the vehicle had just…
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