Vegetation fire started by suspect on E 13th St in Madera, Madera CA


A vegetation fire was intentionally set near East 13th Street in Madera. Witnesses described a Hispanic male adult wearing a white shirt and black hat as the suspect. Police and fire units are searching for the individual last seen walking westbound on 16th Street past a veterinary clinic.
Audio|Source: *CalFire MMU & Local Command
02:38
Transcript:
00:00
152, respond to the vegetation fire near East 13th Street.
00:28
Yep, tell you one, one of the RP[1]s is this fire, so they think they had a suspect description via HMA[2] white shirt, black hat,
00:39
they think lit the fires.
00:50
I apologize that dispatch was right over the top video didn't hear you. Can you repeat?
00:56
Up for, yeah, RP[1] at the bushfire,
01:02
said Pustus, that's description, HMA[2] with a white shirt and a black hat.
01:09
They're gonna try and pull some cameras footage, but I think that's too lighten fires.
01:18
I got it, I'm headed to your location now and I believe they got a PD officer in our household. We'll have them meet up with us.
01:26
Copy, we can head back.
01:28
We had cleared to search 13th Street towards MLK for that other one.
01:38
51 for Battalion 1 on command one.
01:43
Yeah,
01:44
we actually contacted that subject. He's actually Westbound 16th Street right now, just past the vet.
01:53
Westbound 16th just passed the vet. Break Murschev, Italian 1. Are you copying that traffic? We have a possible suspect.
02:09
Break into 51, do you have that description if you got eyes on them?
02:14
White t-shirt, black hat, Hispanic, HMS.
02:19
5.4 Battalion, I'm gonna divert and try to...
02:35
Follow the suspect we got eyes on them. You guys can clear.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
RP: Reporting Party (caller/witness)
[2]
HMA: Hispanic Male Adult
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