A woman in Oregon claims that she stopped a man she suspected may have been an arsonist by using a firearm to hold him at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived.
&#8220;Get on the floor, right now, face down! What are you doing on my property?&#8221; the woman yells at the man. &#8220;Did you light anything on fire?&#8221;
The man claims that he was just passing through and, when pressed about why he was holding matches, he responds, &#8220;I smoke.&#8221; When asked to show his cigarettes, he admits he has none.
The armed woman then keeps the suspect there until police arrive. They eventually handcuff him and take him away.
&#8220;The confrontation came as intense wildfires tear through the state and other parts of the West Coast — with smoke from the blazes reaching as far as Europe,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/09/16/oregon-woman-holds-suspected-arsonist-at-gunpoint-as-wildfires-rage/">reported</a>.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-wildfires-woman-seen-holding-suspected-arsonist-at-gunpoint">reported</a> that the woman responded to allegations that the incident was staged by writing on Facebook that it &#8220;truly did happen and there is nothing fake about it.&#8221;
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The woman posted the following statement on Facebook:
<blockquote>I read all your msgs to me, even the private ones, I can tell you that this truly did happen and there is nothing fake about it, I do not wish to keep private msgs between you and I, not with you or the dozens of people who are reaching out to me. Some with terrifying words, but mostly I am truly humbled by many kind words that have been said to me. I do not wish to speak to anyone, it doesn&#8217;t matter to me if it&#8217;s a journalist who wants to put out on the news, I will not put my family in danger by exposing myself any more than what I have already, besides the media will just twist my words. Feel free to use the pictures that you have obtained if you want but I will not interview with anyone. I will tell you something though if I need to do this again to protect my family and my neighbors, I will in a heartbeat do it again, except this time I will not be as nice as I was. &#8220;We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.&#8221; 
In all things, may the victory come to us while the glory goes to God. Blessings 🙏 -Kat.
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Some of you still think we&#8217;re not being under attack. I found this individual walking in my property as I was driving in, all he had were some matches in his hand. Walked him out of my property at gunpoint and then when we got to some asphalt ground on the main road made him lay down while the cops arrived. Had my husband been here he would have been dead. This criminal has got multiple warrants one of them being assaulting a police officer.</blockquote>
The woman later <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3360106860715242&amp;set=pcb.3360111827381412&amp;type=3&amp;theater">shared</a> a photograph that purported to show the man being taken in custody by law enforcement officials.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-for-starting-wildfire-with-molotov-cocktail-gets-released-from-jail-starts-6-more-fires-police">Man Arrested For Starting Wildfire With Molotov Cocktail, Gets Released From Jail, Starts 6 More Fires: Police</a>
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On Tuesday, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) joined the governor of her home state, Gavin Newsom, to create a photo-op to push their climate change agenda. The photo was taken on the property of an Auberry, California, family. The homeowner’s grown children said they had not been allowed to visit their home as it was under an evacuation order and added that Harris and Newsom had not gotten permission to be on their property when they took the photos.
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Climate change is real. <a href="https://t.co/iy1uuRpyQr">pic.twitter.com/iy1uuRpyQr</a>
&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1305967738678947840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Spent time surveying a burn site with <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> in an area that has been devastated by the recent wildfires in California. I’m incredibly grateful for the courage of our brave firefighters and those who have come near and far to help those fleeing the destruction. <a href="https://t.co/EHSUPgkOsl">pic.twitter.com/EHSUPgkOsl</a>
&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1305977200936706050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The homeowner’s son, Trampas Patten, excoriated Harris and Newsom on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/trampas.patten/posts/1606171236213007">Facebook</a>, writing:
<blockquote>For the friends of mine that don’t recognize the fireplace in the background, that is what is left of my parents house! What has me really frustrated right now is the fact that these two politicians used my parents loss for a photo opportunity to push their political agenda! Political party wouldn’t have made a difference in this moment. Decent human beings that have character and class, wouldn’t air someone else’s misfortune on national television! Think about this when you go to the polls in a few weeks to vote. Look at this picture closely, imagine it is what is left of your hard work, hopes, dreams, place of sanctuary. Do you want this kind of leadership, using you and your loss for political gain?!
For the record, my parents haven’t even been let back in yet themselves, to sort through what is left of their lives, but these two felt the need to go traipsing around my parents property without permission. I guess those property taxes my parents pay allow politicians to do this! Private property doesn’t exist in California anymore!</blockquote>
His sister Bailee, stated, &#8220;When we saw those photos, it was &#8211; there aren&#8217;t words, because it&#8217;s like, we haven&#8217;t even seen our house. We haven&#8217;t seen our property. There is no house, we haven&#8217;t even seen our property … This isn&#8217;t just devastation, this is our lives. This is where we grew up, these are our memories. And to not have that &#8211; to feel so helpless &#8211; and I guess that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve all been thinking, is that we were so helpless. Because we weren&#8217;t there, we haven&#8217;t gotten to deal with our loss. Instead, we&#8217;re having to watch it play out on social media and news,” FOX26 News <a href="https://kmph.com/news/local/auberry-family-says-harris-and-newsom-trespassed-in-damaged-home-for-photo-op">reported</a>.
She <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pixeldust17/posts/10221774420862106">added</a> on Facebook:
<blockquote>Dear Governor Newsom you don’t know me but I’m one of your CA citizens. That truck you are standing by is my dads work truck. He has had that thing for as long as I can remember. That land with all the rubble your standing next too, that’s my house I grew up in. You never got my parents permission to go on our property, nor did you ask if we needed help. What you did do is take my families loss and parade it all over social media and news networks to push your agenda. That agenda can wait, right now you should be caring about the families of this state. Thankfully this community is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mountainstrong?__eep__=6&amp;fref=mentions">#mountainstrong</a> and we will thrive.</blockquote>
Patten concluded, &#8220;We&#8217;re survivors. We&#8217;re gonna get through this, but the whole community has lost. And to just take a picture of one loss, it&#8217;s not enough.&#8221;
“Senator Harris&#8217;s Communications Director, when asked for a statement, told FOX26 News Reporter Marie Edinger over the phone, ‘I&#8217;m not going to have anything about that,’ and declined to comment further,” FOX26 News added.
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A man who was arrested in Oregon after allegedly using a Molotov cocktail to start a wildfire was later released from jail but rearrested less than 24 hours later for allegedly starting six more small fires. The incident comes amid a string of devastating wildfires as northern California, Oregon, and Washington suffer varying degrees of drought following an extremely dry summer.
Domingo Lopez Jr., 45, was arrested after using a Molotov cocktail &#8220;to start a small brush fire,&#8221; the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement Monday.
&#8220;On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 4:35p.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched to assist Portland Fire and Rescue with a brush fire in the 9600 block of East Burnside Street,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;Officers saw that a section of grass along the I-205 freeway was burning. Firefighters extinguished the fire. No one was injured and no structures were damaged.&#8221;
&#8220;About an hour later, East officers were flagged down by a witness who pointed out the suspect in a nearby tent,&#8221; the statement continues. &#8220;Officers arrested the suspect, who confirmed he lit the fire with the device.&#8221;
Authorities booked Lopez Jr. into the Multnomah County Detention Center &#8220;on charges of Reckless Burning and Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree,&#8221; the statement adds. &#8220;Arson investigators are also doing follow-up to see if other charges are warranted.&#8221;
Investigators recovered alleged evidence (pictured below) during their initial investigation.
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As <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/09/14/oregon-man-freed-after-starting-brush-fire-set-six-more-cops/">reported</a> by the New York Post, Lopez Jr. was booked into jail Sunday evening on charges of &#8220;reckless burning and second-degree disorderly conduct&#8221; and released later that night.
&#8220;The alleged arson comes as Oregon is one of the worst hit by wildfires devastating the West Coast, with at least 10 dead in the Beaver State,&#8221; the Post notes.
The Portland Police Bureau later reported that the same suspect was arrested just hours later for allegedly starting more fires after being released from jail.
&#8220;On Monday, September 14, 2020, at 3:37a.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched with Portland Fire and Rescue to a report of multiple fires burning along the west side of the I-205 freeway,&#8221; the Portland Police Bureau said in a separate statement. &#8220;Portland Fire and Rescue extinguished three of them while passing community members put out the other three. All were caught early. No one was injured and no structures were burnt. Officers located Domingo Lopez, Junior walking along the shoulder and arrested him. They seized a lighter as evidence.&#8221;
The suspect was cited six additional times on counts of Reckless Burning and was transported to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
One of the major fires that recently hit the West Coast — near Palm Springs, California — was allegedly caused by a pyrotechnic device that was used during a gender reveal party.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection issued a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE0ddK-hHo1/?igshid=d1a7knxin4dc">press release</a> stating:
<blockquote>CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5, 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa. CAL FIRE reminds the public that with the dry conditions and critical fire weather, it doesn’t take much to start a wildfire. Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially responsible and criminally responsible.</blockquote>
Much of the West Coast is experiencing <a href="https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu">moderate to extreme drought</a>, a product of a <a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/national/statewidepcpnrank/statewidepcpnrank-202008.png">particularly dry summer</a>. While some of the fires appear to be the result of accidental human ignitions, many <a href="https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/western-us-wildfires-are-not-the-result-of-widespread-arson/?fbclid=IwAR0nvMm1DXDHxJZY1VqoiclYh1Dsq4SUU9568LgNoGs854EQ6rExi3Eq-7w">unfounded claims</a> about arson have spread online. Lightning storms appear to have caused some fires in California, while one of the most destructive fires in Oregon, the Whitney Fire, appears to have been sparked by a fallen power line. One case of possible arson is the Dolan Fire in California for which a man was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MontereyCountySheriffsOffice/posts/2716042841945078">arrested</a> on suspicion of arson on forest land.
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This report has been expanded to include more details about the causes of the West Coast wildfires. 
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On Sunday, <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2009/13/sotu.01.html">speaking on CNN’s State of the Union</a> with host Jake Tapper, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti accused President Trump of lacking empathy for the fire-stricken victims of California’s fires, saying loftily, “Even if you&#8217;re a partisan, you should be stepping up with empathy.&#8221;
Vis-à-vis caring and empathy, when Los Angeles experienced record-breaking searing heat last week, and temperatures reached roughly 120 degrees in some parts of the cities, Garcetti, noting the power shortage plaguing the city, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/la-mayor-during-insane-heat-wave-use-a-fan-crenshaw-fires-back-alexa-show-me-what-happens-when-you-let-democrats-control-energy-policy">suggested that some people use a fan</a>.
Tapper pointed out that Trump had declared California’s fires a disaster three weeks ago, prompting Garcetti to pontificate, “But there&#8217;s a refusal to, in a blaming blue states over red states in his mind, I mean, I remind people there&#8217;s a million Republicans that live here in the city of Los Angeles. Even if you&#8217;re a partisan, you should be stepping up with empathy.&#8221;
Garcetti also caterwauled about Trump saying forest mismanagement had contributed to the devastating fires ravaging California, snapping, “Well, I listen to fire professionals, not the president of the United States or a politician, when it comes to actually what causes these fires.”
Then unsurprisingly, he cited climate change as the reason for the fires: “It&#8217;s been very clear that years of drought, as we&#8217;re seeing. Whether it&#8217;s too much water and too much rain in parts of our country right now or too little, this is climate change. And this is an administration that&#8217;s put its head in the sand, while we have Democratic and Republican mayors across the country stepping up to do their part.”
Garcetti then turned to insults: “This is an administration, a president who wants to withdraw from the Paris climate accords later this year, the only country in the world to do so. Talk to a firefighter, if you think that climate change isn&#8217;t real. And it seems like this administration are the last vestiges of the Flat Earth Society of this generation.”
Garcetti also complained that he would have acted sooner dealing with the coronavirus but was misled by President Trump. Tapper asked, “If you had known in early February what we now President Trump knew, you would have acted sooner?” Garcetti postured, “Unquestionably.”
Tapper stated, &#8220;This week, we learned from reporter Bob Woodward that President Trump was aware of the serious threat posed by the coronavirus in early February, even as he repeatedly downplayed it and dismissed it in public. You issued your first stay-at-home order more than a month later, March 19. Do you think, if you had known in early February what we now President Trump knew, you would have acted sooner?&#8221;
Garcetti answered, “Unquestionably,” then segued to attacking Trump on various issues, sniping, “And, look, you put it great in the opening. This was a rough week for the president, because he&#8217;s failing on the basics, the basics of supporting our troops, the basics of responding to a fire, the basics of managing the worst health pandemic that we have had.”
Then Garcetti returned to attacking Trump over the coronavirus: “We were the first city to close things down, the first city to offer widespread testing. But we had to go it alone. And we heard that consistently. That&#8217;s up to the states. That&#8217;s up to the local governments. I had firefighters providing tests to people, volunteers who would give their time because we had no leadership at the national level.”
“And, yes, if we had known and had leadership that didn&#8217;t say, calm, but actually allowed us to do the work and provided us the resources to do so, we would have taken action much earlier, and thousands of lives in my city and, obviously, maybe tens of thousands, if not 100,000 lives in America could have been saved,” he added.
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