Zimmerman said the man was yelling, “spot fires, spot fires,” and said he watched him start several of the fires. “As a retired fire captain, this was pretty bizarre.”A man suspected of starting fires in Neenach is seen running away from flames. “Put the bottle of wine down and come look out the window,” Zimmerman said he told Deyo, who eventually looked and saw the fire. Jeff Zimmerman / Zimmerman Media and Southern California Fire JournalJoey Marron, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, said the brush fire was reported around 6:57 p.m. Tuesday near 269th Street and Highway 138. Freelance photographers Jeff Zimmerman and Bernie Deyo are usually out covering fire stories but on Tuesday they found themselves in the middle of one.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2016 22:51 UTC