Furious inhabitants of Los Angeles who survived the deadly forest fires, chased and arrested a man they say they caused a different fire near their houses.
The inhabitants of Chatsworth, California were caught on the camera that a man chased – who was later identified as the 41 -year -old Alejandro Martinez – a mountainous road in their vehicles on Monday.
One man was also seen who followed Martinez on foot, finally overtaken the Firebug and pushed him to the ground.
'Wrong neighborhood buddy! Wrong neighborhood, “a bystander tells him then.
By the time the representatives of Los Angeles County Sheriff arrived on stage, Martinez was in a belly position to surrender to the authorities who fascinate him quickly and accompanied him in the back of a police vehicle.
But he could be heard protesting in Spanish: “I have not stolen anything, seriously,” reports Fox 11.
Stolen ownership, however, was not what the residents were worried about.
Instead, they told officers that they saw Martinez – who wore black and hid in the brush – started a fire around 4.30 pm on Woolsey Canyon Road and followed him as he tried to flee the stage.
Residents of Chatsworth, California were captured on the camera by traveling a mountainous road in their vehicles on Monday on Monday on Monday on Monday
By the time the representatives of Los Angeles County Sheriff arrived on stage, Martinez was in a bending to surrender to the authorities
He was then fascinated and led to the back of a police vehicle
In the meantime, the Fire Martinez reportedly grew to about 100 square feet in size before it was extinguished by the fire brigade of Los Angeles County.
“Thank good there were no strong wind, because it could have been much worse,” Videographer Gabe Cortez said the Los Angeles Times in the aftermath.
“Given all the recent fires, communities and people are just as much aware of things like this and they are on a high alert.”
Brandon Taylor, a photographer at traffic news LA who recorded the incident, added that the 'residents were furious'.
“They went through the Woolsey -fire, which only started a mile from there,” he explained. “With the dry vegetation they were really worried that he started a different fire and losing their houses.”
The deadly Infernos, which are now largely enclosed, burned more than 57,000 hectares in South California, killing 29 people and destroyed more than 16,000 houses and companies last month.
Researchers still work to determine what the fires may have caused, making some suggest that it might have been the work of arsonists.
“We had countless fires in the La County region almost at the same time, which means that these fires were deliberately set by a person,” La County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone told BBC, adding about half of the brush fires on which on which He responds was intentionally established.
Residents said they had previously seen Martinez – who wore black and hid in the brush – started a fire on Woolsey Canyon Road around 4.30 pm
Researchers are still working to determine what the huge forest fires caused last month
The deadly Infernos, which have now been largely absorbed, burned more than 57,000 hectares in South California
According to CNN, at least eight people have already been arrested in connection with the start of the recent fires.
Martinez now participates in the growing list because he would appear in court on Wednesday.
He was held on a bail of $ 75,000 and De la Times reports that there was an order for his arrest when the brave citizens held him – although it is unclear what the order was for.
His day came to court when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was planned to meet President Donald Trump to discuss whether residents will receive a federal help after the State Farm had approved the state price increases for its insurance policies.
The company sent a letter of four pages to the California Department of Insurance on Monday and argues for supervisors to allow an average rate increase of 22 percent for homeowners.
They destroyed 16,000 houses and companies, as a result of which State Farm General submits the state government a request to approve the emergency price increases in its insurance policies
State Farm, a subsidiary based in California of the much larger State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, also wants to be able to hit condo owners and tenants with an increase of 15 percent.
Those who rent units to tenants must be affected with an increase of 38 percent, according to the letter signed by managers at the top level at the company, including CEO Dan Krause.
“We ask you to take emergency measures to help protect the fragile insurance market of California by immediately approving interim rate increases … with rates that came in force on 1 May 2025,” the letter said.
Staatsboerderij -General justified this by saying that it had received more than 8,700 claims with regard to the forest fires from 1 February and has now paid more than $ 1 billion to customers.
