Authorities are asking for the general public’s assist in figuring out a suspected arsonist who was captured on surveillance video pouring liquid inside a Santa Ana enterprise this week moments earlier than firefighters responded to an enormous construction hearth there.
The video reveals the person getting into the auto elements retailer on E. sixth Avenue at about 3:30 a.m. Monday, holding a gun in a single hand and selecting up a tin container, which he then poured on two desks within the constructing, in accordance with the Orange County Hearth Authority.
Firefighters imagine the liquid was some type of accelerant that might have been used “to begin and unfold a hearth,” in accordance with a tweet by the fireplace authority.
Two minutes later, firefighters obtained a 911 name about flames taking pictures by way of the constructing’s roof, in accordance with a separate tweet from the fireplace authority. Firefighters managed the blaze inside about 5 minutes, however the constructing was severely broken, officers stated.
Nobody was injured.
Officers are asking anybody with details about the suspect to name Orange County Hearth Authority Investigations at (949) 560-0665.
