March 28, 2024

 

Cocos Fire

Cal Fire Investigator Testifies Ember Sparked Cocos Blaze

Testimony comes in arson trial of Southern California teenager

A California state fire investigator testifying at the Cocos Fire arson trial on Wednesday explained why he had concluded that only an ember could have started the devastating blaze that swept across San Diego’s North County last year.

Capt. Christopher Palmer, a specialist with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said that there was no evidence that anyone had been in the canyon where the fire began, no footprints nor any other signs of human activity. READ MORE via Cal Fire Investigator Testifies Ember Sparked Cocos Blaze | NBC 7 San Diego.