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Man charged in arson
Jose Ramos
Jose Ramos

A 47-year-old transient man was arrested and charged with setting a small brush fire in the 1300 block of Hatch Road Saturday evening.

Firefighters quickly put out the 7:21 p.m. fire while Ceres fire investigators completed an investigation and identified Jose Ramos, 47, as the suspect who set the fire. Ramos was arrested and booked into the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center on arson charges.