Bay Area Cal Fire employee charged with arson spent months as inmate firefighter

Robert Hernandez who was charged with starting five brush fires in Sonoma County spent months as an inmate firefighter after being convicted of causing a fatal collision, according to officials and…

spent months as an inmate firefighter after being convicted of causing a fatal collision, according to officials and public records.

A court complaint filed by the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office revealed Hernandez’s criminal record and subsequent experience as an inmate firefighter, the Cal Fire said last week that Hernandez ignited the blazes while off duty between Aug. 14 and Sept. 15 in forest land near Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor.

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