3:16 p.m. PDT Sept, 15, 2021
On Tuesday September 14, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and officers from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s office arrested a person for starting the Hopkins Fire that on Sunday burned numerous structures and 257 acres in Calpella, California.
During a briefing at the Incident Command Post on Tuesday, an officer from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office announced the status of the case.
Investigators recovered footage from a security camera at a local business that showed an adult male starting the fire. Tuesday morning one of the investigators saw that person in downtown Calpella who was then contacted and identified as Devin Lamar Johnson, a 20-year old male from Ukiah, California. Mr. Johnson was on probation in Mendocino County for an attempted robbery charge.
After fire investigators and Sheriff’s detectives followed up, Mr. Johnson was arrested and placed in the Mendocino County Jail on a no bail status to be charged for parole violation and three arson charges: aggravated arson (multiple structures), arson of an inhabited structure, and arson during a state of emergency.
Mr. Johnson may have been photographed watching the fire in a photo taken by Peter Armstrong.
Update, September 16, 2021: The Press Democrat reported yesterday a damage assessment found that 30 homes and 16 other structures were destroyed in the Hopkins Fire.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/distillery-creates-limited-vodka-from-wildfire-smoke-tinged-napa-grapes/
When they make vodka from the grapes, are they just distilling the 12% alcohol wine into 43% alcohol vodka ?
People pay money for smokey flavors in their barbecue sauce.
Not trying make a disaster into a joke, but IF it were called the Johnson fire ?, the arsonist couldn’t go anywhere (in or out of prison) without being shamed!
Great work by Cal Fire investigators, and Mendocino County SO!!!!