‘We were lucky’: Azusa police arrest suspected arsonist

Over the weekend, the Azusa Police Department arrested a homeless man suspected of setting a brush fire at Pioneer Park near the foothills. The suspect, Jose Carranza-Escobar, was seen by residents attempting to start another fire by setting fire to a fallen tree, leading to his arrest on suspicion of arson. This incident follows a similar one in which residents in West Hills detained a suspected arsonist, Juan Sierra, who is now a person of interest in the Kenneth fire near the county line.

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