Arson suspect charged in 13 additional fires

? The man accused of setting a blaze that killed five firefighters last fall is being charged with additional counts linking him to 13 other fires, authorities said Friday.

Raymond Lee Oyler was charged in an amended complaint filed this week with a total of 19 additional counts of arson and of using an incendiary device in setting the other fires, district attorney spokeswoman Ingrid Wyatt said.

The 36-year-old auto mechanic is expected in court Monday for a preliminary hearing. He also will be arraigned on the new charges. In all, he faces 23 arson counts and 17 counts of using an incendiary device, as well as five counts of first-degree murder.

Oyler originally was charged in a string of fires that began in June, but the amended complaint adds charges for multiple fires in May and June, and one new fire apiece in July and September.