The Bay Space girl charged with beginning a California wildfire that destroyed greater than 100 properties close to Redding will bear a psychiatric examination earlier than returning to courtroom, a number of media retailers reported.
Alexandra Souverneva, 30, of Palo Alto made a courtroom look in Redding on Tuesday, and the courtroom agreed along with her lawyer’s request to have his shopper meet with one to 2 psychiatrists to evaluate her psychological stability earlier than her subsequent look in November, KTLA reported.
Souverneva faces a felony arson cost with an enhancement as a result of the hearth ignited throughout a state of emergency. She pleaded not responsible final month and mentioned she by accident began the Fawn Hearth when she was boiling water from a puddle that contained bear urine to drink, Cal Hearth legislation enforcement mentioned in a story filed in courtroom.
Souverneva is suspected of beginning different fires in Shasta County and all through the state, District Lawyer Stephanie Bridgett mentioned at a press convention final month.
The Fawn Hearth ignited Sept. 22 in a distant canyon on property adjoining to the J.F. Shea and Mountain Gate quarries. The hearth that torched 8,578 acres and destroyed 185 constructions is 100% contained, Cal Hearth mentioned.
Workers of the quarry reported seeing a feminine trespasser “appearing irrationally” earlier than the hearth erupted, Cal Hearth mentioned. Earlier than dropping sight of her, she “discarded gadgets alongside a dust highway that consisted of two small Co2 cartridges and a AA battery,” the Cal Hearth narrative mentioned.
Cal Hearth mentioned Souverneva later walked out of the comb close to the hearth line, approached firefighters and advised them she was dehydrated and wanted medical assist. Souverneva reportedly had an operable lighter in her pocket as wells as CO2 cartridges and a “pink and white merchandise containing a inexperienced leafy substance she admitted to smoking that day.” She advised Cal Hearth legislation enforcement she was mountain climbing and “trying to get to Canada,” the Cal Hearth narrative reported.
Throughout an interview with Cal Hearth and legislation enforcement, officers got here to consider Souverneva was liable for setting the hearth, officers mentioned. She was booked into the Shasta County Jail.
