LA County Renews $50,000 Station Fire Reward
The fire ranks as the biggest in Los Angeles County history
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday renewed a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the Station Fire.
The fire, which officials determined was deliberately set on Aug. 26, burned about 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest and contributed to the deaths of two firefighters whose vehicle went off a mountain road.
County fire Capt. Tedmund "Ted" Hall, 47, of San Bernardino County, and firefighter Specialist Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones, 35, of Palmdale, died on the afternoon of Aug. 30 when the vehicle they were in went off a road south of Acton plunged some 800 feet into a ravine.
The blaze, which ranks as the biggest in Los Angeles County history, scorched 160,577 acres of forest land, cost more than $89 million to fight, and destroyed 89 residences, 26 commercial properties and 94 outbuildings.
A $100,000 reward has been offered by the state.
The supervisors voted unanimously, 5-0, in favor of extending the county's reward, which will now be available until at least March 7.
The board asked anyone with information related to the arson to call investigators Mike Valento or Todd Anderson at the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
