LA Times · Aug 18, 2015
Man charged with starting 370-acre Montebello brush fire
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a fire that broke out in Montebello on Sunday. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)A homeless man was charged Tuesday with starting a 370-acre fire in Montebello that injured four firefighters, prosecutors said.
Arturo Miallan Aguilar faces one count of recklessly causing the Lincoln fire, which started Sunday and quickly spread into the Montebello Hills, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
If convicted, Aguilar faces up to three years in prison, prosecutors said.