Two Men Under Arrest For Allegedly Starting Caldor Fire

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – Two men are nether arrest, accused of starting the Caldor Fire earlier this year.

On Wednesday, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office announced that begetter and lad David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are being charged with reckless arson successful transportation with the fire, which burned much than 200,000 acres successful El Dorado and Amador Counties.

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The 2 men are accused of violating conception 452 of the California Penal Code, commonly referred to arsenic “reckless arson,” which caused inhabited properties to pain and resulted successful large bodily wounded to aggregate victims.

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The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office worked unneurotic with the USDA Forest Service, Cal Fire, the California Department of Justice and the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Crime Lab to analyse the origin of the Caldor Fire.

The occurrence started connected the evening of August 14, 2021, and was progressive for 67 days. It was announced contained connected October 21, but not earlier it burned 221,835 acres, including astir the full assemblage of Grizzly Flats.

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The occurrence spanned 3 counties: El Dorado, Amador, and Alpine Counties.

CBS13 Staff