Ruben Vasquez was arrested Friday on two counts of felony arson charges and taken to the Vista Detention Facility.

Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection to the Pala and Lilac fires that broke out in northern San Diego County in late January.

Cal Fire arrested a man Friday on suspicion of arson related to the recent Lilac and Pala wildfires, officials said. The 48-year-old man was arrested by Cal Fire Law Enforcement Investigators who were examining the cause of two fires that ignited on Jan.

According to a Cal Fire press release, the two fires started 25 minutes apart near I-15 and SR-76. Together they burned nearly 100 acres and forced evacuations for hundreds of residents. ABC 10News interviewed some of more than 300 people who were evacuated in Bonsall during the Lilac Fire,