California Fires: At Least Two People Arrested, Accused of Arson
“Officials said that Carranza-Escobar, who they described as a transient, admitted to starting the fire.”

FOX 11 reported that authorities have arrested at least two people.
They face accusations “of trying to start fires” in the area as fires continue to burn: Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, and Hurst.
The arrest happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, near the area of Arcos Drive and Galendo Street. Residents said a man was riding around on a bicycle carrying a large blow torch, trying to set multiple old Christmas trees and garbage cans on fire. When the man rode away, neighbors followed him, and eventually stepped in.
One police source told FOX 11 that the man might have potentially been linked to the Franklin Fire, though how was not immediately clear.
During a press conference Friday morning, LAPD Assistant Chief Dominic Choi said there wasn’t enough evidence to arrest the man for arson or suspicion of arson. The man was, however, arrested on suspicion of a felony probation violation. The case is being investigated.
Azusa police arrested another man who allegedly started a brush fire. FOX 11 said he admitted to the act:
Officers were called out to Pioneer Park just after 11:30 p.m. on Friday after a brush fire was reported. Witnesses told officers that the man who started the fire was still nearby.
They found Jose Carranza-Escobar standing near the flames and arrested him. Officials said that Carranza-Escobar, who they described as a transient, admitted to starting the fire.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department was able to quickly put out the fire.
Azusa is just east of the Eaton fire.

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Don’t be surprised if Newsom, the LA mayor, and the other Democrats try to turn all the focus on these people, rather than their terrible policies and malfeasance.
The likelihood that they will ever find the actual individuals who set these fires is essentially zero.
At best they will be able to tell the cause was arson rather than downed power lines or spontaneous human combustion. The current theory that gangs set fires in order to loot is interesting, but the truth is that the great LA Fire was a result of the utter incompetence of Cali government at all levels.
My first thought was how much were these arsonists paid to start the fires to facilitate a government land grab?
In a older time lampposts would get decorated
But we are civilized now so they will be let go without a penalty by the DA.
Under the prison for these types of assholes.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/sanctuary_hell_illegal_alien_picked_up_with_a_blow_torch_in_a_fire_zone_may_have_been_let_go_to_shield_him_from_deportation.html
I knew it, Illegals are the projected class , especially in Leftifornia.
Someone alert Joe Biden. There’s still eight days remaining in his term to award this piece of human excrement the Medal of Freedom.
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor NEW: Looter dressed as a FIREFIGHTER arrested for burglarizing homes in Palisades fire area.
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https://x.com/BeniOren1/status/1877090448876953904
Overhead video showing man in black next to the Palisades origin fire.
Spitfire @DogRightGirl
This looks awfully suspicious. Perhaps the ATF needs to see this since they are investigating.
Videos of two men fleeing.
MAGA M&M @MAGAmegaMAGA
LA Fire ‘persons of interest’ @LAPD should interview
PolitiSlap @PolitiSlap
It’s weird how one of the guys in the video was also wearing black.
Antifa?
There’s a longer video of the two men – it’s likely they ran towards the smoke to get a better look and then fled.
I had plans to jet out to the local Tacos Locos to interview this dude on Wednesday, after the justice system kicks him loose on the street again. But then I remembered, I don’t speak Illegal.
Earlier, I posted:
So what crosses my desk this evening but a posting by ex-Progressive wonk Naomi Woods, postulating that this fire is actually the first of many overt actions of “unrestricted” (asymmetrical) warfare against the USA, orchestrated by China(!) no less:
For a reformed Democrat, Naomi is sporting more tinfoil on this issue than I suspect I could fit in my pantry.
About the nagging question of what the hell Karen Bass was doing in Ghana, of all the foolish places, at the crucial moment?
Chemtrails; drugs in the morning fog; looters who are really soldiers; mysteriously missing refugees; checkpoints enforced only against victims (as in Lahaina); traitors in the White House, State Department, and the *resident’s family… her suppositions are more entertaining than a Clancy novel. Indeed, you ought to read it for the “could just happen” factor. And you may even have your eyes opened to something you hadn’t noticed.
Probably the J6 pipe bomber set the fires.
What does “inert fire” look like?
An empty propane tank?
“LAPD Assistant Chief Dominic Choi said there wasn’t enough evidence to arrest the man for arson or suspicion of arson. “
Somebody COUGHLAPD Assistant Chief Dominic ChoiCOUGH didn’t get the message.
The man was, however, arrested on suspicion of a felony probation violation. The case is being investigated.
Somebody COUGHLAPD Assistant Chief Dominic ChoiCOUGH got his personal ass roasted….and NOW has got the message. He’s out patrolling on a bicycle and can’t come home till he finds someone who isn’t a registered Democrat to blame for this mess.