He waited and planned for the perfect time, then set the blaze, officials say. Inside the Spokane arson case

By Alaa Elassar, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of days, three wildfires tore through the Spokane area in eastern Washington state, blackening once-green hillsides, leveling homes and leaving behind skeletal trees and the scorched shells of cars. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people were forced to