A man who was rescued from a burning motel room in Ventura has been arrested for allegedly starting the fire, police said Monday.
Officers were sent to the Rex Motel in the 1400 block of East Thompson Boulevard to conduct a welfare check around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, but instead found a significant amount of smoke coming from one of the rooms, the Ventura Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Firefighters arrived to assist officers but found that the room had been barricaded from the inside…