The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever set a deadly wildfire north of Los Angeles.
Schwarzenegger announced the reward Friday, a day after officials said forensic evidence at the fire’s point of origin revealed that the wildfire, among the largest in Southern California’s history, was intentionally set. Two firefighters died Sunday when their truck careened off a steep mountain road.
Under state law, the governor may offer rewards up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person killing a firefighter in the line of duty.
The fire has burned through 241 square miles of the Angeles National Forest. More than 70 homes have been destroyed.