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Lake County arson suspect worked as firefighter while imprisoned
By sfgate.com- Jenna Lyons
Published: 08/17/2016

Years before an ex-convict allegedly started the 4,000-acre Clayton Fire, he had spent several months as an inmate firefighter in Lake County, prison officials said Tuesday.

Damin Anthony Pashilk, 40, of Clearlake, was arrested on 17 counts of arson Monday. He was suspected of starting multiple fires in the last year. The Clayton Fire has destroyed more than 175 buildings and displaced hundreds of people.

Pashilk had previously served five years in state prison on drug possession and a firearm-related offense beginning in January 2002, said Vicky Waters, a Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman.

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