Arrest in weekend wildfire in Boulder Creek

Cal Fire officials made an arrest Saturday in the case of a small vegetation fire near Boulder Creek that they believe was caused by an illegal burn barrel.

An unnamed female property owner in the area of ​​Hartman Creek Road northeast of Boulder Creek was arrested on charges of recklessly setting an unlawful fire, the agency announced in a news release. Cal Fire said it previously warned the property owner after previous fires were reported at the same address.

The fire, which was first reported last Saturday afternoon, destroyed a mobile home and about a quarter of an acre of vegetation. Firefighters from Cal Fire and the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District responded to the scene. They said the fire started from a fire barrel that had no clearance around it and had trash and other debris piled up outside.