{"id":401131,"date":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401131\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:24:09","slug":"bakersfield-fd-looking-for-man-accused-of-starting-7-fires-including-luigis-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401131\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield FD looking for man accused of starting 7 fires, including Luigi&#8217;s Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Fire Department is asking for help in finding a man accused of starting seven fires in east Bakersfield, including<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-fd-man-accused-of-setting-luigis-restaurant-fire-sought-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> a fire at the Luigi\u2019s restaurant.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire department said the man was last seen in the 700 block of East 19th Street after setting seven fires in the area.<\/p>\n<p>BFD said the fire happened on July 11, at around 3:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-fd-man-accused-of-setting-luigis-restaurant-fire-sought-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bakersfield FD: Man accused of setting Luigi\u2019s restaurant fire sought<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a man, about 5\u20195\u201d tall, and was wearing a dark colored T-shirt, blue jeans, and light-colored boots.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Bakersfield Fire Department is asking for help in finding a man accused of starting seven fires in east Bakersfield, including a fire at the Luigi\u2019s restaurant. PHOTO: BFD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3d765981-0e45-4624-bf03-a7509b59a9cc-UntitledAugust202025at10.44.4149.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Fire Department is asking for help in finding a man accused of starting seven fires in east Bakersfield, including a fire at the Luigi\u2019s restaurant. PHOTO: BFD<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has a distinct bald spot on the back of his head.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to call the Bakersfield Fire Department Arson Investigators at 661-326 3699.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Fire Department is asking for help in finding a man accused of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-401131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401131","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=401131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}