Deputies responded to a call about a 33-year-old transient man starting a fire in the parking lot of a Food 4 Less roughly 15 feet from the store entrance on Sunday night, according to Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
Witnesses saw a man starting a small fire in the Food 4 Less parking lot on the 19200 block of Soledad Canyon Road, according to Stg. Sherry Clark, spokeswoman for SCV Sheriff’s Station. When deputies arrived on the scene at approximately 10:30 p.m., they saw the man but then he fled on foot.
Deputies engaged in a brief foot pursuit and were able to catch the man with no force, said Clark.
The man was taken into custody and arrested on suspicion of arson.
He is set to appear at North Valley Superior Court on Tuesday morning, according to Jensen.
