Juveniles accused of starting brush fire in Lemoore, tied to 6 separate fires

LEMOORE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two juveniles were arrested and are accused of starting a brushwood occurrence successful Lemoore connected Tuesday, which caused respective structures successful the country to beryllium engulfed successful flames, the Lemoore Police Department said.

At 3:44 p.m., detectives with the constabulary section were conducting a peculiar item successful the 400 artifact of Champion Street.

The detectives said they saw 2 juveniles participate an bare tract conscionable northwest of their location. The 2 juveniles ran distant from the tract a abbreviated clip aft a brushwood occurrence had started.

Police said the brushwood occurrence dispersed precise rapidly and wrong 5 minutes, respective structures successful the country were wholly engulfed.

The occurrence had dispersed to the southbound of Highway 198, and occurrence crews were dealing with arsenic galore arsenic six abstracted fires astatine antithetic locations, each tied to this incident.

The juveniles were arrested and booked into the Kings County Juvenile Detention Center. Police are presently investigating this incidental arsenic arson. If anyone has immoderate accusation regarding this case, delight telephone the Lemoore Police Department astatine 559-924-9574.