Investigators are searching for the suspect or suspects responsible for intentionally setting fires at two elementary schools in the Carmel Valley area – both inside storage containers near school buildings.
The fires happened within four days of one another, the first on Aug. 9 just after 9:50 p.m. at Ocean Air Elementary School on Canter Heights Drive, and the second just after 10:20 p.m. on Aug. 13 at Sage Canyon Elementary School on Harvest Run Drive.
According to investigators with the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST), at Ocean Air Elementary School, a fire was lit in a storage container that was up against an exterior wall of a classroom. As the fire grew, investigators said it spread from the container into the wall of the classroom, causing about $25,000 worth of damages.