Woman arrested for starting fire along Highway 180 in Fresno County, police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An arson fishy is successful custody aft constabulary accidental she started a ample occurrence on a Fresno County highway.

The occurrence was reported adjacent Highway 180 and Temperance conscionable aft 3 p.m. Sunday.

Large amounts of fume created a hazard for drivers, forcing the California Highway Patrol to adjacent a information of the road.

Witnesses accidental they saw a pistillate starting the fires with a pouch torch.

Authorities recovered her adjacent Belmont and Armstrong and arrested her.

Firefighters accidental the upwind contributed to fires implicit the past mates of weeks.

Crews utilized h2o from a adjacent canal to incorporate the flames.