Shasta County DA: Woman arrested, accused of starting 2018 Delta Fire
Cynthia Ann LeRoux
A woman has been arrested for starting Shasta County’s 2018 Delta Fire, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Posted: May 5, 2021 4:01 PM
Updated: May 5, 2021 4:17 PM
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REDDING, Calif. - A woman has been arrested for starting Shasta County’s 2018 Delta Fire, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Cynthia Ann LeRoux, 57, was arrested in her Mountain Gate home and booked into the Shasta County Jail Wednesday morning. Her bail is set at $1 million and faces over 50 years in prison, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office.
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A Shasta County woman has been arrested and accused of setting the 2018 Delta Fire, which burned about 20 homes and more than 63,000 acres, officials announced Wednesday.
Cynthia Ann LeRoux, 57, of Mountain Gate has been charged with 20 felony arson counts in connection to the Delta Fire and two smaller fires, Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett said.
Bridgett said the case includes two charges for arson causing great bodily injury to two truck drivers who had been passing through the Delta Fire area.
Bridgett said she was not able to discuss a potential motive for the fires at this time.
Adding to the weight of the charges is that the fires were set during a local state of emergency due to the Carr Fire a time when firefighting resources were already stretched thin, officials said at a press conference announcing the arrest.
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The Delta Fire burned more than 63,000 acres and forced a portion of Interstate 5 to close for days, the authorities said.
A firefighter battled the Delta Fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., in 2018.Credit.Noah Berger/Associated Press
May 6, 2021, 9:18 a.m. ET
A woman was arrested on Wednesday and charged with starting a fire in 2018 that burned more than 63,000 acres, damaged 20 homes and injured two people in Northern California, the authorities said.
The woman, Cynthia Ann Leroux, was arrested at her home in Mountain Gate, Calif., Shasta County and Cal Fire officials said in a news conference. Shasta County is about 200 miles north of Sacramento.