The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) arrested three people for starting three separate fires in San Diego County in January; they included a homeless person cooking outdoors and a man deliberately setting a car on fire.
Police announced on Monday that Joseph O’Conner, 66, Shinisha Smith, 31, and Ricardo Agraz, 47, were charged with causing fires in San Diego County in January.
The Center Fire in Rancho Bernardo, which started on Jan. 22 before 9 a.m. and burned 7 acres, was set by a homeless person who had been trying to cook food outdoors, police said.
SDPD Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST) Lieutenant William Brown told The Epoch Times that O’Conner appears to have been cooking outside when a propane tank he was using exploded, causing a blaze in the dry conditions….