An alleged arsonist who was arrested in San Jose this week has been linked to as many as nine fires from BART's Berryessa Fire to a fire in Watson Park, officials say.
An alleged arsonist who was arrested in San Jose this week has been linked to as many as nine fires from BART 's Berryessa Fire to a fire in Watson Park, officials say. The unnamed suspect, a man in his 20s, was taken into custody and charged on Tuesday after lighting one fire and was then caught trying to light another. Multiple fires erupted on Tuesday, including three small fires at Watson Park near the Taylor Street over crossing at US Highway 101.
A San Jose Fire Department captain said there were concerns about the safety of nearby homeless encampments. Investigators with the San Jose Fire Dept. said another fire on Tuesday near the Berryessa BART station, was the seventh such incident in nine days. Firefighters had suspected the incidents were related. And on June 16, a three-acre grass fire started at Oakland Road near Highway 101. Days later, on June 22, another vegetation fire burned at Alum Rock Ave. near Highway 101.
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