National News Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire was contacted about 2 other blazes last year Aaron F. Farinacci, of Spokane, was arrested Monday and booked on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire. One involved several “bus-sized” fires in an area near Farinacci’s apartment in July 2025, police records in that case say. The other involved a wildfire in a state park that prompted evacuation notices the following month. The Washington State Patrol made contact with Farinacci the following month while pursuing a suspect in a wildfire at Riverside State Park. More than 1,000 firefighters, many from outside of Washington state, were in the Spokane area Tuesday, and that number was expected to rise.