Arson Suspect Discussed Fire

March 16, 2007 California - The girlfriend of a man charged with setting a wildfire that killed five firefighters last year told investigators he had wanted to start a fire as a diversion so he could get his pit bull out of an animal shelter, according to a sheriff's report. The report, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, also said that Raymond Lee Oyler told his cousin that he spent an entire night one week before the deadly blaze "casing the area" for a good arson location. Oyler's attorney ...