Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies say they’ve arrested a man who was trying to blow up a van parked at a business.
Ventura County firefighters were called to a nursery on Old Telegraph Road in Fillmore by reports of a suspicious vehicle. The found a fire in the back of a parked van, and a propane tank with an open valve in the van’s front seat.
They were able to safely put out the fire and shut off the tank, but investigators determined it was a deliberate effort to cause an explosion.
They identified a Fillmore man as a suspect in the incident. Deputies found, and arrested Nikhil Kaboor on arson and theft charges. There’s no word on a possible motive for the incident.
