forest serv.emp.starts fire...

[IGBT]

CASTLE ROCK, Colorado (CNN) -- Federal authorities Sunday arrested a longtime U.S. Forest Service employee for allegedly starting the largest fire in Colorado's history.

Prosecutors said Terry Barton, a 38-year-old Colorado woman, burned in anger a letter from her estranged husband, in violation of a ban on fires in the tinder-dry Pike National Forest. She apparently thought the fire had been extinguished and left it only to find later that it was spreading, they said.

She then tried to suppress the fire but it grew, said Bill Leone, first U.S. district attorney for the District of Colorado.

Barton is charged with setting fire to timber in a national forest, damaging federal property and making false statements to federal fire investigators. She faces as many as 10 years in prison and as much as $500,000 in fines.

from cnn.com

 

[Adul]

emotions make people do stupid things.

 

[IGBT]

No doubt she was upset over the letter..I hope/don't think there was any criminal intent here. But what a psychological load this young woman will sholder the rest of here life....

 

[IGBT]

any body see this in the news?

 

[Jarwa]

Originally posted by: Adul
emotions make people do stupid things.

So very true.

 

[chiwawa626]

Originally posted by: IGBT
No doubt she was upset over the letter..I hope/don't think there was any criminal intent here. But what a psychological load this young woman will sholder the rest of here life....

young?

 

[ax57]

Ironically, her duty at the time was to "enforce the ban on illegal campfires". The USFS makes such a big deal about enforcement of draconian restrictions on the national forests and yet it is they who are the worst culprits. (Like the big fire in NM a few years ago.)

I used to hike every week in the forests of AZ, but now they're all off limits. I don't even carry anything with me that could start a fire. Take the matches away from the feds and you'd have a lot fewer fires.

 

[Zedtom]

"Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned"

William Congreve (1620-1729)

 

[Tiger]

She's going to jail. Up to 15years/$250,000.

 

[Jerboy]

Originally posted by: Jarwa

Originally posted by: Adul
emotions make people do stupid things.

So very true.

Emotions, notably anger is the primary cause of stabbings, shootings and roadrages.

"anger" claims thousands of lives and costs the world billions and billions of dollars. I think Afghanistan and US are still mad at each other.