Monday, November 12, 2018

Looters suspected of impersonating Forest Service workers in California

Looters raiding fire-scorched Paradise, Calif., may have disguised themselves as US Forest Service workers to gain access to the restricted area, according to a report Sunday. Two men dressed in yellow jackets — similar to ones worn by US Forest Service personnel — were arrested in the smoldering fire zone near the Sierra Nevada mountains, according to CBS San Francisco. It was not immediately clear what the men had been stealing. Police have been flooded with at least 53 reports of looters in the region after a massive, fast-spreading wildfire ripped through the region, the station reported. At least 23 are dead in the so-called Camp Fire, which was sparked about 100 miles north of Sacramento. Two more people have died in fires near Los Angeles. link

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