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Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Rebuker(op): 8:33am On Feb 06, 2025
Arson suspect chased down by residents after allegedly sparking fire near Chatsworth Reservoir.

A group of neighbors in Chatsworth took action on Monday when they spotted a man allegedly starting brush fires near their homes in a Los Angeles community. In a dramatic sequence captured on video, the residents chased, tackled, and detained the suspect until Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrived to take him into custody.

Resident Amilcar Fajardo described the moment the suspect attempted to flee. "He just started running," he said. "There were other guys there. They all helped out. We just stopped him and that was it."

Fajardo, who works in Bell Canyon, was on his way home when he noticed flames near the road. Concerned, he stopped to assess the situation.

"I just see a couple of women and kids running towards the side of the hill," he recalled. "You can see the heat waves."

Another resident, Santiago Martinez, lives close to where the fire erupted. He recounted the efforts of both neighbors and firefighters in trying to contain the flames.

"The neighbors and the firefighters were really trying to put out the fire, but if the person is three minutes away from us lighting another fire," Martinez said. "You really have to act sometimes."

Martinez claimed to have witnessed the suspect setting another fire along the road near a different community.

"If you see something, you do something," he stated. "I drove down and I found him. He was starting another fire three minutes from here."

Realizing the danger, Martinez confronted the suspect, yelling at him to stop. Meanwhile, he, Fajardo, and other neighbors pursued the man down the hill while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement.

Fajardo described the unusual encounter. "He started screaming and it was kind of funny," he said. "It was just kind of weird. I just took him down."

He and the others managed to hold the suspect until deputies arrived a few minutes later. Reflecting on the situation, Fajardo emphasized the community’s unity and willingness to protect their neighborhood.

"We all struggled through the fires," he said. "It just shows you that more people want to do more help than harm."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ4MjQFtb-w?si=Ix_67M2AD1o0a3s_

Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Rebuker(op): 8:33am On Feb 06, 2025
Summary:

A group of neighbors in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, chased down and detained a man suspected of starting multiple brush fires near their homes. Video footage captured the residents tackling the suspect before Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrived to arrest him.

One of the residents, Amilcar Fajardo, noticed the fire while heading home and saw people fleeing the area. Another resident, Santiago Martinez, witnessed the suspect igniting another fire nearby and decided to intervene. The neighbors pursued the man, confronted him, and held him down until law enforcement arrived.

Fajardo later reflected on the situation, emphasizing the community’s determination to protect their neighborhood, stating that it showed people are more willing to help than harm.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by publicenemy(m): 9:31am On Feb 06, 2025
tongue
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Softmirror: 9:33am On Feb 06, 2025
🤣🤣🤣 dem catch am.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Amuluonyenaego: 9:34am On Feb 06, 2025
Na Nigerian guy? If not this news is useless to me cos oyibo didn’t know any of our supermarkets here. Seems like we used to carry theirs for head
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by IpobAntidote: 9:35am On Feb 06, 2025
Fire terrorist.

There have been instances over the years of people intentionally setting fire and then coming back to assist in quenching the fire that they started looking like a hero. Many sick demented people are roaming around the world, especially in the US.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by CodeTemplar: 9:35am On Feb 06, 2025
Lol.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by TOPCRUISE(m):
If terrorists see this they could devise new and cheaper ways of getting at the US by focusing on LA and California
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by OPICANTO2223: 9:37am On Feb 06, 2025
Na them, the religion of piss
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by IpobAntidote: 9:37am On Feb 06, 2025
OPICANTO2223:
Na them, the religion of piss
One of the sick demented brainwashed IPOB terrorist monkeys that we have in Nigeria.
Very shallow, zero IQ, brainwashed religious fanatical animal.
The perpetrator is one of your Christain lunatics just like you.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by mightyhaze: 9:38am On Feb 06, 2025
NiceCorper:
Wicked people are now much more than nice people. Hmmm.
Not from this write up.. Here good people far outnumbered ,chased and held down the bad guy..without even harming him
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by mbahdi(m): 9:38am On Feb 06, 2025
Maybe he wants to kill grasshopper or rabbit
U know that pattern of Nigeria u burn bushes so dat grasshopper can come out from its hiding
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by GIFTEDPLANNERS(m): 9:41am On Feb 06, 2025
Many of this fires are man made
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by writetopoker601: 9:43am On Feb 06, 2025
Rebuker:
Arson suspect chased down by residents after allegedly sparking fire near Chatsworth Reservoir.

A group of neighbors in Chatsworth took action on Monday when they spotted a man allegedly starting brush fires near their homes in a Los Angeles community. In a dramatic sequence captured on video, the residents chased, tackled, and detained the suspect until Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrived to take him into custody.

Resident Amilcar Fajardo described the moment the suspect attempted to flee. "He just started running," he said. "There were other guys there. They all helped out. We just stopped him and that was it."

Fajardo, who works in Bell Canyon, was on his way home when he noticed flames near the road. Concerned, he stopped to assess the situation.

"I just see a couple of women and kids running towards the side of the hill," he recalled. "You can see the heat waves."

Another resident, Santiago Martinez, lives close to where the fire erupted. He recounted the efforts of both neighbors and firefighters in trying to contain the flames.

"The neighbors and the firefighters were really trying to put out the fire, but if the person is three minutes away from us lighting another fire," Martinez said. "You really have to act sometimes."

Martinez claimed to have witnessed the suspect setting another fire along the road near a different community.

"If you see something, you do something," he stated. "I drove down and I found him. He was starting another fire three minutes from here."

Realizing the danger, Martinez confronted the suspect, yelling at him to stop. Meanwhile, he, Fajardo, and other neighbors pursued the man down the hill while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement.

Fajardo described the unusual encounter. "He started screaming and it was kind of funny," he said. "It was just kind of weird. I just took him down."

He and the others managed to hold the suspect until deputies arrived a few minutes later. Reflecting on the situation, Fajardo emphasized the community’s unity and willingness to protect their neighborhood.

"We all struggled through the fires," he said. "It just shows you that more people want to do more help than harm."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ4MjQFtb-w?si=Ix_67M2AD1o0a3s_
When are we going to chase Tinubu out of AsoRock, just like this arsonist was chased
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Kobicove(m): 9:45am On Feb 06, 2025
There are lot of sick and mentally deranged people roaming the streets especially in western countries.

Just tell me how it benefits you to set a fire that will end up causing chaos and disrupting innocent people's lives angry
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Sonofgod1990(m): 9:53am On Feb 06, 2025
That arsonist looks like my current client oo
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Enddy50ty(m): 9:56am On Feb 06, 2025
He’s very lucky he was not shot.
That other dude has already brought out his gun incase.
With the anger of the events of rampaging wild fire that has ravaged the city in recent weeks, only to find out that it was started by an idiot.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Checkwell: 10:04am On Feb 06, 2025
Rebuker:
Summary:

A group of neighbors in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, chased down and detained a man suspected of starting multiple brush fires near their homes. Video footage captured the residents tackling the suspect before Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrived to arrest him.

One of the residents, Amilcar Fajardo, noticed the fire while heading home and saw people fleeing the area. Another resident, Santiago Martinez, witnessed the suspect igniting another fire nearby and decided to intervene. The neighbors pursued the man, confronted him, and held him down until law enforcement arrived.

Fajardo later reflected on the situation, emphasizing the community’s determination to protect their neighborhood, stating that it showed people are more willing to help than harm.
You are very civilised and sensible. You understand the pains of going through a long writeup. You took the pain on behalf of your readers and summarised the long text into a concise context. You deserve a bottle of cold beer.

Keep up the good work.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Otamendi99(m): 10:13am On Feb 06, 2025
Rebuker:
Arson suspect chased down by residents after allegedly sparking fire near Chatsworth Reservoir.

A group of neighbors in Chatsworth took action on Monday when they spotted a man allegedly starting brush fires near their homes in a Los Angeles community. In a dramatic sequence captured on video, the residents chased, tackled, and detained the suspect until Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrived to take him into custody.


Lol. My mind dey tell me say em house follow burn down 4 dat wildfire.. so he wan make everyone dey equal. Just like d whole street and na only una building no get light, u go wan make transformer blow, make dem address am together.

Resident Amilcar Fajardo described the moment the suspect attempted to flee. "He just started running," he said. "There were other guys there. They all helped out. We just stopped him and that was it."

Fajardo, who works in Bell Canyon, was on his way home when he noticed flames near the road. Concerned, he stopped to assess the situation.

"I just see a couple of women and kids running towards the side of the hill," he recalled. "You can see the heat waves."

Another resident, Santiago Martinez, lives close to where the fire erupted. He recounted the efforts of both neighbors and firefighters in trying to contain the flames.

"The neighbors and the firefighters were really trying to put out the fire, but if the person is three minutes away from us lighting another fire," Martinez said. "You really have to act sometimes."

Martinez claimed to have witnessed the suspect setting another fire along the road near a different community.

"If you see something, you do something," he stated. "I drove down and I found him. He was starting another fire three minutes from here."

Realizing the danger, Martinez confronted the suspect, yelling at him to stop. Meanwhile, he, Fajardo, and other neighbors pursued the man down the hill while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement.

Fajardo described the unusual encounter. "He started screaming and it was kind of funny," he said. "It was just kind of weird. I just took him down."

He and the others managed to hold the suspect until deputies arrived a few minutes later. Reflecting on the situation, Fajardo emphasized the community’s unity and willingness to protect their neighborhood.

"We all struggled through the fires," he said. "It just shows you that more people want to do more help than harm."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ4MjQFtb-w?si=Ix_67M2AD1o0a3s_
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by marv1: 10:17am On Feb 06, 2025
So the fire incident may be a set up after all. People are terribly wicked.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by MTCLimited(m): 10:19am On Feb 06, 2025
Ok
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by baralatie(m): 10:36am On Feb 06, 2025
marv1:
So the fire incident may be a set up after all. People are terribly wicked.
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Ahmback(m): 10:40am On Feb 06, 2025
I dislike wicked people
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by bewla(m): 10:45am On Feb 06, 2025
See wahala
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Benwallt(m): 11:17am On Feb 06, 2025
IPOBs saner clime
Re: Neighbors Chase Alleged Arsonist Trying To Set Chatsworth (los Angeles) Ablaze by Agricmoney(m): 11:20am On Feb 06, 2025
ok.

Anyway, Agriculture is life
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