Station fire probe yields little evidence, no suspects

(From the L.A. Times) Nearly three months after the Station fire blazed through the foothills and canyons above Los Angeles, killing two firefighters and scorching 160,577 acres, investigators say they don’t have the necessary evidence to arrest anyone for setting the fatal fire.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives have questioned a man who already has been charged with setting a smaller blaze in the Angeles National Forest days before the Station fire broke out. But authorities say they have been unable to connect Babatunsin Olukunle, 25, to the fire.

“He has told us nothing of relevance in connection with the Station fire,” said sheriff’s Lt. Liam Gallagher, who is leading the homicide probe. “We’ve talked to him and we’d like to talk to him again.”

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