SPOKANE, Wash. – Richard Burt made his first court appearance on Friday, after being arrested in connection to a suspicious fire at People’s Park. Burt was detained after police observed a man, matching the suspect’s description, starting another fire in the same area.
The initial fire occurred on August 4, and just three days later, Burt was seen starting a second fire on a live drone feed. Police detained him on Thursday.
Firefighters responded to People’s Park shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday following calls about a grass fire near the parking lot. Multiple witnesses reported seeing a man enter the woods and then run to an orange car, driving off just minutes before the fire began in the same vicinity. One witness claimed to have seen Burt start the fire…