{"id":21917,"date":"2024-05-29T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=776092"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:12:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:12:31","slug":"man-accused-of-starting-wildfire-near-arizona-california-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/man-accused-of-starting-wildfire-near-arizona-california-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Accused of Starting Wildfire Near Arizona-California Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/img\/social\/opengraph\/ij-social-wildfire-1200x630.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2024\/05\/29\/776092.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2024\/05\/29\/776092.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>A Yuma man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire in a national wildlife preserve in southwest Arizona near the California border, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Yuma County Sheriff\u2019s officials said 47-year-old Jason Bradley Martin remains jailed on suspicion of arson, criminal damage and other charges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"catastrophe,natural-disasters,wildfire\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>The wildfire was reported around 2 p.m. Saturday in the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1941 to protect 30 miles (of mostly wetland habitat along the Lower Colorado River.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the blaze was 20% contained after burning nearly 2 square miles of vegetation along the Arizona side of the Colorado River in Yuma County.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and federal Bureau of Land Management, responded to the scene to assist firefighting crews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"copyright-notice lite\">Copyright 2024 Associated Press. 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