California wildfire officials announced Friday that a Mariposa County resident had been identified as the suspect responsible for starting the Oak fire and arrested on felony charges.
have arrested a senior Mariposa County man identified as the suspect responsible for starting the July 2022 Oak fire, which burned more than 19,000 acres of vegetation and more than 125 residential buildings.
The arrest and investigation into the matter were conducted by Cal Fire law enforcement officers, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Forest Service law enforcement, the National Park Service's law enforcement, Madera County District Attorney investigators, the Mariposa County District Attorney's office, the California Department of Justice Attorney General's office and the FBI.
This photo provided by the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office shows 71-year-old Edward Wackerman of Mariposa who was arrested Friday, June 16, 2023, on suspicion of arson that caused great bodily injury and destroyed inhabited buildings. Wackerman was arrested on suspicion of starting a forest fire that destroyed more than 100 homes last year near Yosemite National Park, state fire officials said.tearing through 19,244 acres of vegetation, 127 residential structures and 66 outbuildings.
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