Crime & Safety

Arson Suspect Sought in Burlingame Fires

Four suspicious fires have occurred in the same area in the past two weeks, police said.

BURLINGAME, CA – Police are asking for help identifying a suspect in a suspicious fire last week along a Caltrain right-of way in Burlingame.

A male suspect was seen at 8:20 p.m. on Aug. 3 starting a small fire on the west side of the tracks in the Caltrain right-of-way between Howard and Bayswater avenues.

Four suspicious fires have occurred in the same area in the past two weeks, police said.

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Anyone with information about the fires or the person or people responsible is asked to call police Cpl. Brett Murphy at (650) 777-4100 or email him at murphy@burlingamepolice.org.

– By Bay City News Service. Image via Shutterstock.

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