Downtown Long Beach has an arsonist on the loose

Arsonist on the loose in Long Beach
Arsonist on the loose in Long Beach Photo credit Long Beach resident Kimberly

**Person of interest in custody.**

Five cars have gone up in flames over the last two weeks in downtown Long Beach parking structures, three of which were at the Camden apartment buildings.

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Captain Jake Heflin with the Long Beach Fire Department told KNX News reporter Emily Valdez all the fires are concentrated in the area from "the Convention Center down to Chestnut off of Seaside."

Captain Heflin said, "The fact that those fires are all combined in that geographical location, and they are similar in nature, lends itself to the fact that they're probably connected."

KNX News has acquired these images of what the fire investigators call "a person of interest" and is not a suspect at this time.

Person of interest in series of downtown Long Beach car fires
Person of interest in series of downtown Long Beach car fires Photo credit Long Beach resident Kimberly

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