Man charged with starting devastating wildfire

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WEED, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested a Northern California man on suspicion of starting a wildfire that devastated the lumber town of Weed.

Sgt. Justin Mayberry says 24-year-old Ronald Beau Marshall was arrested Saturday on felony counts of arson to inhabited structures, property and forest land.

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