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posted by janrinok on Monday October 28 2019, @07:49PM   Printer-friendly
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Missouri man flies to California, sets 13 wildfires, then tries to fly home, cops say

A Missouri man flew to California, spent two days setting wildfires, then tried to fly home, officials say. He was arrested Monday.

Freddie Graham, 68, hopped on a flight from Missouri to San Jose last Thursday, KPIX reported. After renting a car, he spent the next two days setting fires as he drove the “narrow, windy roads” between Ed Levin Park and the Calaveras Reservoir in the foothills near San Jose, Deputy District Attorney Bud Porter said.

Officials say Graham would light pieces of paper on fire and then toss them out of his window as he drove, The East Bay Times reported. He’s believed to have set at least 13 fires — four on Friday and nine on Saturday — which are collectively referred to as the Reservoir Fire, officials say.

It took hours for firefighters to put out Friday’s blazes, officials say, but Saturday’s proved even more tenacious, taking firefighters the rest of the weekend to extinguish them, The East Bay Times reported. The fire burned more than 128 acres, though no injuries or damaged structures were reported.


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by hemocyanin on Monday October 28 2019, @09:08PM (5 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday October 28 2019, @09:08PM (#912959) Journal

    As an aside, nobody is going successfully start any fires near the Puget Sound in October by tossing lit pieces of paper out their window. It would take serious amounts of accelerant at this time of the year and even then, you're more likely to just end up with soggy pools of pollutants.

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday October 29 2019, @04:25AM (1 child)

    by driverless (4770) on Tuesday October 29 2019, @04:25AM (#913121)

    It would take serious amounts of accelerant at this time of the year

    Whaddya mean "at this time of the year"? Is there a time of the year when it's not raining there?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 29 2019, @07:04AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 29 2019, @07:04AM (#913164)

      If it's August, and you have an easterly wind for a day or so, it could work out.

      But honestly, October? Some years it'd even land in snow. Good luck with that.

      If you want to do serious damage to the Microsoft HQ, you'd be better off with drones dropping napalm bottles.

  • (Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Tuesday October 29 2019, @03:35PM (1 child)

    by Nobuddy (1626) on Tuesday October 29 2019, @03:35PM (#913294)

    why did it take firefighters days to put out the blazes if you can't start fires there this time of year?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Osamabobama on Tuesday October 29 2019, @05:37PM

      by Osamabobama (5842) on Tuesday October 29 2019, @05:37PM (#913352)

      The real fires were in California. The hypothetical fires that could not be lit this time of year are in Washington.

      A previous comment advocated burning tech headquarters, including Microsoft's.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday October 29 2019, @06:07PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday October 29 2019, @06:07PM (#913365) Journal

    you're more likely to just end up with soggy pools of pollutants.

    Pretty sure the Puget Sound was there all along!