A 40-year-old man was arrested Monday and charged with arson in the Clayton Fire, which is blamed for having destroyed more than 175 homes and other structures in northern California, authorities said.

Damin Anthony Pashilk of Clearlake, Calif., was booked into the Lake County Jail on 17 counts in connection to several fires over the past year, including the Clayton Fire, according to Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin and Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CAL FIRE.

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