A woman has been arrested for what Sheriff’s and Fire Department investigators say was a string of arson fires at a Ventura County resort.
Ventura County firefighters were called to the Ojai Valley Inn at about two a.m. Thursday by reports of a fire. They found several small spot brush fires around the property, and a larger fire in a maintenance building.
The building had sprinklers which kept the fire from spreading until firefighters could knock it down. Arson investigators were called, leading to the arrest of Maria Christine Ramirez-Pichardo of Ojai.
There’s no word on a possible motive. The total damage from the fires is estimated at around $10,000 dollars.
