Jan. 08--Novato police were searching for one or more people who apparently started as many as 20 small fires in four locations late Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Police and fire officials scrambled to douse the blazes from about 9:10 p.m. Saturday to 3:11 a.m. Sunday. The fires took place at the intersections of South Novato and Redwood boulevards, Sunnybrae Lane and Seascape Drive and Redwood Boulevard and Briarwood Court, as well as on a hilltop at Cheda Knolls.
One of the fires was confined to a Dumpster, while the others were brush fires ranging from 3 by 3 feet to 20 by 20 feet in size. The fires damaged a utility pole and a fence in Seascape Village, but did not damage any homes or other structures.
A Novato Fire District spokesman declined to comment on the case, and a spokesman for the Novato Police Department did not return calls Sunday.
Police have asked anyone with information about the fires to call the Novato Police Department at 897-1122 or the Novato Police Department Hot Tip Line at 800-848-0101.
Contact Rob Rogers via email at [email protected]
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