{"id":256450,"date":"2026-04-07T22:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256450\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:31:08","slug":"fresno-fire-seeks-suspect-in-strip-mall-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256450\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Fire Seeks Suspect in Strip Mall Arson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fresno Fire Department is asking the public for help identifying the person believed responsible for an arson fire that broke out around 2 p.m. Thursday in the 1600 block of East Ashlan Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The shopping center houses a burger restaurant, vacant barbershop, taqueria, 7-Eleven, and clothing store, officials reported.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported. The incident escalated to a third alarm, with 65 firefighters working to extinguish hotspots.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage shows an unidentified individual in the alley behind a strip mall intentionally igniting multiple fires shortly before the building was reported burning.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and the businesses inside.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>Authorities urge anyone with information to remain anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP (7867) or the Fresno Fire Department arson hotline at (559) 621-ARSN (2767).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno Fire Department is asking the public for help identifying the person believed responsible for an arson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-256450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}