Man accused of setting 5 fires in Riverside park

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday, July 19, after a number of brush fires broke out in Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park, the Riverside Fire Department stated.

The man was booked on 5 felony counts of arson of a construction or forest land, in accordance with the Riverside County jail log. The man was launched Saturday after posting $35,000 bail.

The Fire Department stated in a information launch that the person confessed to setting the fires. Capt. Ray Mendoza, the division’s lead arson investigator, cited the continuing investigation and declined to say whether or not the person defined a motive.

The fires have been reported at 6:53 a.m. and have been introduced underneath management by 11:46 a.m.

“Firefighters hiked into the world of the fireplace burning in heavy annual grasses and situated at a minimal 5 fires burning,” the discharge stated. “A fireplace captain situated an grownup male that admitted to beginning the fires.”

In all, lower than an acre burned. No accidents have been reported.