Man arrested for arson in Madera County, deputies say

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral has been arrested for arson successful Madera County.

The Madera County Sheriff's Office arrested 39-year-old Abel Joel Garcia Zarate of Biola connected Tuesday.

As deputies and Cal Fire crews enactment retired a occurrence started by a tractor adjacent the Adobe Ranch connected Monday successful Madera County, they accidental they spotted a suspicious idiosyncratic moving backmost to his achromatic Ford F-150 truck.

Deputies besides saw fume astir 2 miles southbound of the archetypal fire.

During a postulation stop, Garcia Zarate told investigators helium stopped to fume marijuana and past threw the cigaret connected the ground.

Inside the truck, authorities recovered a cigaret lighter and matches.

They besides accidental helium had binoculars slung implicit his shoulder.

Investigators determined the origin of this tiny occurrence was intentional.

Zarate present faces aggregate felony arson charges and bail is acceptable for $75,000.