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Trash truck driver arrested for setting 2019 deadly Calimesa wildfire
A suspect has been arrested in connection to the 2019 sandalwood fire in Calimesa.
Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection to the 2019 Sandalwood fire in Calimesa, to the west of the Coachella Valley and Beaumont.
Antonio Ornelas-Velazquez, 38
In a CalFire statement, investigators said they arrested Antonio Ornelas-Velazquez, 38, Saturday on Santa Rosa Road in Desert Hot Springs.
Firefighters said Ornelas-Velazquez was driving a trash truck that caught fire and ignited the 1,011 acre wildfire.
The blaze broke out about 2 p.m. October 10 at Sandalwood Drive and
Seventh Street, near the I-10 exit ramp. A burning load of trash was dumped next to tinder dry brush on the hot and windy day.
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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