Isaac Tayrien, 36, was booked in Santa Cruz County jail on charges including felony arson of an inhabited structure and open land, stolen vehicle, vandalism over $400, and resisting arrest. Deputies accompanied Cal Fire's CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit to a structure fire off Eureka Canyon Road where a small outbuilding was fully engulfed and the blaze spread into wildland. Firefighters knocked down and extinguished that structure fire quickly, then responded to a second report that was brush and trees and was doused. Crews also located a person who required assessment but not hospitalization, and a third fire burned on a neighboring hillside in steep terrain while multiple agencies and resources assisted.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has apprehended a 36-year-old man in connection with a series of fires that were ignited in the hills above Corralitos earlier this week. Isaac Tayrien was booked in the county jail and charged with felony arson of an inhabited structure, felony arson of open land, stolen vehicle, vandalism of more than $400 and resisting arrest, Sheriff's Office Sgt. Zach West told the Sentinel in statement Thursday.
Deputies with the local law enforcement agency accompanied Cal Fire's CZU San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit as they responded around 5 p.m. Tuesday to reports of a structure fire off of Eureka Canyon Road. The first responders arrived and discovered a small outbuilding fully engulfed in flames and the fire had begun to spread into the wildland area. Firefighters were able knock down the structure and extinguish the fire in quick order.
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