SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A 35-year-old man suspected of setting a 5-acre fire that threatened homes in the eastern San Diego County community of Spring Valley was arrested, authorities said Tuesday.
The fire was reported just after 6:30 p.m. Monday near the Spring Valley Swap Meet in the 6000 block of Quarry Road, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.
A witness called sheriff’s dispatch to report seeing a man use a lighter to ignite a palm tree, sheriff’s officials said…