The Associated Press contributed to this report. 16 about the equipment and vegetation where the fire started.Ĭooler temperatures and higher humidity slowed the spread of the fire on Sunday, and temperatures topped 90 degrees instead of the triple-digit highs recorded earlier in the week.īut the blaze and its neighboring fires, within several hundred miles of each other, posed an ongoing threat. A federal judge ordered PG&E on Friday to give details by Aug. The Pacific Gas & Electric utility has said it may have been sparked when a tree fell on one of its power lines. The cause of the Dixie Fire is under investigation. and was given a warning to leave the area.
Willis Coit Dow, 40, of Susanville was seen by patrolling officers in the area of Lakecrest Rd. for running away from officers after being warned to leave an area under an evacuation order because of the immediate threat of the Dixie Fire. California Highway Patrol arrested a man Thursday night at 11:40 p.m. Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, has been charged with willfully starting the Ranch fire, which sparked Aug. Man arrested after refusing to leave Dixie Fire evacuation zone. One person died in the August Complex Fire and one person died during the Mendocino Complex Fire, according to Cal Fire. A former college instructor linked to a rash of arson fires has been arrested and charged with igniting a blaze on federal forest land, not far from the site of the massive Dixie fire in Northern California. MORE: Heightened wildfire conditions to return to Northern Californiaĭespite the magnitude of the fires, there were only two deaths among the top four largest wildfires. The third and fourth largest fires include the Mendocino Complex Fire in July 2018 (459,000 acres) and the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, (396,000 acres) also last August.
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Maynard was previously a lecturer at a number of California schools, including Sonoma State University, where he taught classes on criminal justice, cults, and deviant behavior.By comparison, the August Complex Lightning Fire last August scorched more than a million acres, but that fire was comprised of several fires in the Mendocino and Humbolt county area. A Former College Professor Accused Of Serial Arson Is Denied Bail In California. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. If convicted, he could be sent to prison for up to 20 years and fined as much as $250,000, according to the U.S. While in custody, according to an affidavit, the ex-teacher “became enraged and began kicking the jail cell door.” Court records state that he began screaming: “I’m going to kill you, fucking pig! I told those fuckers I didn’t start any of those fires!”
Maynard was arrested earlier this year after an investigation that involved a tracking device being put on his car. He now faces four counts of arson to federal property and a count of setting timber alight. According to a statement from the CHP, on. - A man was arrested by Susanville California Highway Patrol officers this week on suspicion of refusing to leave despite evacuation orders. An 18-year-old and a 23-year-old were arrested in Dixie Inn, Louisiana, after a traffic stop turned into a high-speed police chase where the suspect went airborne.
#Dixie fire man arrested driver#
Then, just after noon, Dayton police tracked a driver across the city in. His blazes threatened to trap firefighters battling the Dixie firestorm, California’s second largest in history. A Susanville resident was arrested this week after officers allegedly encountered him in a mandatory evacuation order zone. The pursuit of a 21-year-old Dayton man took Ohio Highway Patrol troopers on a high-speed chase on U.S. The Thursday indictment charges Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, with setting four fires over the course of two weeks in July and August. T he Dixie Fire had grown to more than 463,000 acres, or 724 square miles (1,876 square kilometers), as of 9 am Sunday morning and was just 21pc contained, according to state fire officials. Deputies say she was sexually abusing a minor. (WCJB) - A 73-year-old Dixie County woman is behind bars. A federal grand jury in Sacramento has indicted a former Santa Clara University professor on charges related to an arson spree near the massive Dixie Fire this summer. These documents, many of which are public records, are kept by the Dixie County Police Department, Dixie County Sheriffs Department or Dixie County Criminal Courts.
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