Man arrested on arson charges after campfire gets out of hand
Submitted by paula on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 11:53am
A man attempting to warm his feet after a night spent in the forest is now in the El Dorado County Jail on charges of arson on forest Land.
South Lake Tahoe Fire and Police Departments responded to the 11:37 a.m. call on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 on Airport Road. There they found Matthew Raymond Hamilton, 41, who told them he started the illegal fire but it got out of hand and caught a tree on fire. Hamilton called 911.
When SLTFR arrived they extinguished the small fire which was about 3' x 3' and involved a tree stump.
Arson on USFS land is a felony and carries with it a bail of $100,000.
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