RIVERSIDE, California <$>— Investigators said yesterday they are seeking arson and murder charges against a man suspected of setting a Southern California wildfire last week that killed five firefighters.The suspect, Raymond Lee Oyler (pictured), 36, is already under arrest on suspicion of setting two other wildfires over the summer. Sheriff’s investigators sought to charge Oyler with murder, arson and use of an incendiary device, Undersheriff Neil Lingle said.

The blaze was the deadliest for firefighters since 14 were killed in July 1994 near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, according to the National Interagency Fire Center statistics. Oyler will also face two so-called special circumstances, one alleging murders committed during arson and another alleging multiple murders, Pacheco said.