A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a structure fire in Green Valley, officials say.

Deputies were called to the 16400 block of South Delgado Road about 4:45 p.m. Thursday for a reported structure fire, according to news release Tuesday from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

The fire was quickly put out and Joseph Martinez was arrested, the release said. No one was injured.

Investigators say Martinez had been lighting pieces of paper on fire near the structure, before it caught fire.

Martinez booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of reckless burning.


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Eddie Celaya is a breaking news reporter and host of the "Here Weed Go!" podcast. He graduated from Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and has been with the Arizona Daily Star since May 2019.