A 23-year-old man, who was once part of a fire department explorer program, has been charged with multiple counts of arson in connection with eight different fires in San Bernardino County.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office filed the charges against Jarrod Anthony Samra, of Highland, on Monday. The charges included eight counts of arson and one count of causing great bodily injury. That last charge has to do with a Cal Fire firefighter who suffered a broken leg while fighting one of those blazes.
"At one point in time, he was a fire explorer but aged out of the program at age 21 and has not been involved in any fire agencies since," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said of the suspect at a news conference.
One of the largest fires Samra allegedly set was the Bridge Fire, which burned approximately 460 acres last month.