A California fire chief had closed his purse and turned over bank accounts over the weekend while he helped fight the massive CZU Lightning Complex Fire, according to a report.
Looters entering an evacuation zone in the Santa Cruz Mountains area of Northern California were charged with the crime, officials with Cal Fire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) said, KRON-TV of San Francisco.
‘It’s a pity. “It’s sick that one of our fire department commanders, while he was handling the case and suing crew members for arson, got into his department car and stole his wallet and turned over his bank account,” a Cal Fire official told reporters during a newsletter. report KRON.
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Cal Fire posted a Twitter message regarding the incident and stressed the public’s interest in continuing to evacuate zones, according to the station.
About 100 law enforcement officials have been deployed in the area amid numerous reports of looting, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart told the Associated Press.
“I can not imagine a greater low life,” Hart said of the wallet theft suspect, who remained completely unidentified. “The DA will hamper him.”
“I can not imagine a greater empty life. The DA will hamper him.”
The CZU fire was one of nearly 650 fires in California, many of them attributed to more than 12,000 lightning strikes in the state since August 15, according to the AP.
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The CZU blaze was one of three ‘complexes’, like groups burning, in the San Francisco Bay Area, the AP report said.
Some 14,000 firefighters were deployed statewide to fight the blaze, according to the AP.
