By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
A dozen small fires set overnight by an arsonist in Carmichael didn't do much damage, but firefighters say it could have been much worse.
"This is all indicative of a person running around a specific area during a specific time, deliberately wreaking havoc," said Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District spokesman Capt. Christian Pebbles
Pebbles said that an arson fire set in the early morning hours is especially dangerous because people might not wake up until it is too late.
The fires were set over a four-hour period and were within about a 2-mile radius:
-- 12:47 a.m. at Winston Churchill Middle School, 4900 Whitney Avenue. Fire outside restrooms in which wooden tree stakes were set on fire. Damage was minor.
-- 2:23 a.m. at 4809 Marconi Ave., trees and some fencing involved. Five different fires set.
-- 2:32 a.m. at Marconi Avenue and Root Avenue, small fire.
-- 3:14 a.m. at North Avenue and McCowan Way, a small fence fire nearly spread to a home but a Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy noticed the fire early-on.
-- 3:28 a.m. at 6317 and 6330 Kenneth Avenue, two separate fires set on fencing.
-- 3:56 a.m. a pickup truck fire at 4735 Marconi Avenue.
-- 4:12 a.m. a fence fire at 4801 Marconi Avenue.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District arson tip line is (916) 859-3775.
"This is a felony," Pebbles said. "We hope we catch this person and throw him in prison."
Call The Bee's Bill Lindelof, (916) 321-1079.
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School maintenance workers clean up damage from a fire outside restrooms at Winston Churchill Middle School, 4900 Whitney Avenue on Thursday morning. Photo by Randy Pench
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