A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of igniting one of the most destructive wildfires in Spokane County's history. Aaron F. Farinacci, who was previously imprisoned for killing his father in 2010, was taken into custody by a SWAT team on 3 August 2026 in connection with the Old Trails Fire.
Farinacci was arrested without incident after a judge signed a warrant based on an allegation of first-degree arson, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said at an evening news conference. He is now being held on a $1 million bond (approximately £790,000) as investigators piece together how the fire began.
