Garbage truck driver charged in Sandalwood fire that killed 2
The 1,000-acre Sandalwood fire in October 2019 moved through the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park, killing two women.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Feb. 16, 2021 10:25 AM PT
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A Calimesa man has been arrested in connection with a brush fire in Riverside County that killed two people and destroyed dozens of homes in 2019, authorities said.
Antonio Ornelas-Velazquez, 38, was arrested Saturday and charged with involuntary manslaughter and unlawfully causing a fire resulting in great bodily injury, according to a spokesperson with the Riverside County district attorney’s office. After posting $75,000 bond, Ornelas-Velazquez was released Sunday, according to jail records.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) Prosecutors have charged a garbage truck driver suspected of dumping burning trash that sparked a 2019 brush fire that killed two people and destroyed dozens of homes in.
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