A suspect is in custody following a Wednesday morning fire.

Fire personnel responded to the area of La Brucherie Road south of Aten Road shortly before 8:00 a.m. Wednesday. Three units of the half-built and abandoned La Fuente subdivision were fully engulfed in flames. A witness reported seeing a man walking away from the scene and heading south on La Brucherie Road just after the fire started. Imperial Police located the suspect, 45-year-old Roman Pestano, a transient, in the Way Mart parking lot. During questioning, Pestano admitted to being in one of the abandoned buildings when the fire started. Pestano was arrested and then booked into Imperial County Jail on one count of Arson and one count of Criminal Trespassing.