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CA MAN CHARGED FOR STARTING RIM FIRE- 08-08-14 8:30 SG

A CALIFORNIA MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STARTING A DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA LAST YEAR.       32-YEAR-OLD KEITH MATTHEW EMERALD ALLEGEDLY LIT A CAMPFIRE THAT SPREAD AND GREW INTO THE RIM FIRE. EMERALD WAS FOUND AND RESCUED SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE WAS REPORTED.     THE BLAZE CONTINUED FOR TWO MONTHS ACROSS 400 SQUARE MILES OF LAND, COSTING THE STATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.     A GRAND JURY RETURNED A FOUR-COUNT INDICTMENT AGAINST EMERALD YESTERDAY (THURS).    HE HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH LYING TO A FEDERAL AGENT. EMERALD HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED AND NO COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR HIS ARRAIGNMENT.

 

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