Scanner traffic beginning at approximately 8:30 p.m. indicated firefighters and law enforcement are responding to Highway 101 in the Willits area near mile marker 55.75 after a male was seen riding a bike away from a debris pile he lit on fire.
The suspect was described as a white, adult male in a camouflage jacket.
UPDATE 8:50 p.m.: Scanner traffic indicates California Highway Patrol officers have one person detained.
UPDATE 8:53 p.m.: The Incident Commander said the circumstances surrounding the call were “not as reported.”
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You caught the arsonists now keep him locked up!