An arsonist was caught on camera setting a fire in Kelso, WA. Is this climate change? pic.twitter.com/aISZr9hd0D
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 15, 2020
Police on Monday were able to apprehend a man suspected of setting fires in Kelso, WA.
Police said the man, Andnick Andreas, 26, was apprehended with the help of local residents and security camera footage.
Andreas allegedly tried to light bushes and trees on fire at two separate locations in the area around Sixth Avenue and Cedar Street in Kelso, Police Chief Darr Kirk said.
“He actually got one bush to ignite and burn somewhat. Some neighbors came out to help put it out … and he fled the scene,” Kirk said.
Local firefighters also responded to the scenes to extinguish the fires.
Deadly fires have ravaged the West Coast of the United States for several weeks, and are still burning.
A 45-year-old man, Domingo Lopez Jr., was arrested in Oregon on Sunday for allegedly starting seven brush fires near a major highway. Lopez reportedly had a Molotov cocktail with him when he was arrested.