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"Fire Is... Beautiful": Suspect In Spokane Wildfire Confesses He Planned Arson For Weeks
"Fire Is... Beautiful": Suspect In Spokane Wildfire Confesses He Planned Arson For Weeks
The suspect charged on Aug. 3 with starting the Old Trails fire in Spokane, Washington, that forced more than 60,000 people to evacuate told police he had planned the attack for weeks.
The suspect, Aaron Farinacci, told police in an interview that “fire is powerful, beautiful, and that things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth,” according to Spokane County Detective Michael Drapeau in a court filing Wednesday.
Farinacci, 37, was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday,...
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