Northern California wildfire arson suspect testifies, denies wrongdoing

For a second time since May, a Mendocino County man told jurors he accidentally started the 2021 Hopkins Fire that destroyed 30 homes in the town of Calpella and never intended to hurt anyone.

Devin Lamar Johnson, 23, testified Tuesday before a jury of eight men and six women, including two alternates, in his arson trial, which is taking place in Marin County Superior Court.

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