3 teens charged in destructive fire that police say was set with fireworks
LA TimesA grass fire that erupted in Riverside in July burned 600 acres, destroyed seven homes and damaged 18 others. The fire caused “immeasurable levels of fear” among residents “rightly afraid for their safety,” Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said at a news conference Thursday in announcing the charges against the three. Surveillance video showed three individuals lighting the fireworks that started the brush fire, according to Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez. The county on Thursday filed 27 charges of “willful and malicious fire setting” against the three juveniles — all 16-year-olds whom police did not identify because of their ages — Gonzalez said. The Hawarden fire was a “fast-moving, wind-drawn” blaze that was contained after eight days, Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore said.
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