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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California tweeted a segment of federal law that laid out the potential penalties for destroying a vehicle using fire or an explosive. The minimum jail sentence if no personal injury results from the action is five years in prison, according to the statute.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Abraham Simmons said Monday that “at this time, we cannot confirm the existence (or non-existence) of an investigation in this office into the incident.”Â
Another nearby business owner, who declined to be named, said she was minding her store when the fire started. She went outside to see what was happening before the police arrived and blocked off the whole street.
Both she and Yu agreed that during the peak of the Lunar New Year celebrations, the city should deploy traffic enforcement in Chinatown to redirect cars away from Jackson and Grant.