PETALUMA, CA — Police in Petaluma responded to two suspicious fires this weekend and made one arrest, the department said Sunday.
On Saturday just before 1:30 p.m., officers were sent to Steamer Landing Park at 100 East D Street on a report of a vehicle on fire. The Petaluma Fire Department also arrived and extinguished the blaze.
According to witnesses, a woman allegedly threw an unknown object under the vehicle, which partially set the car on fire.
Police arrested Antinazia Valerio, 34, on suspicion of arson.
Then just after 2 p.m., another suspicious fire was reported in the Lynch Creek Trail area near Trestle Bridge. A grass field south of the railroad tracks and east of the river was ablaze in a 100-foot square patch of vegetation. Fire crews extinguished it.
Police suspect arson and no suspects have been identified.
Anyone with information regarding these cases is encouraged to contact the Petaluma Police Department at 707-778-4372.
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