69°
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
7 Day Forecast
Follow our weather team on social media

Firefighter charged with setting woods fires

8 years 5 months 1 week ago Friday, October 16 2015 Oct 16, 2015 October 16, 2015 9:14 PM October 16, 2015 in News
Source: WBRZ

JONESBORO - Authorities arrested a man for setting a string of woods fires in 2010 and 2011.

Justin Murphy, 22, was charged with setting six fires in Jackson Parish where he was a volunteer firefighter, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry said in a news release Friday. Investigators questioned Murphy about another fire that burned 800 acres, a home and threatened other buildings and a chemical train in Bienville Parish.

Authorities said Murphy admitted to setting fires since he was paid $10 for every call out on a grass fire and $25 for each call out to a woods fire.

Thursday, the state issue a state-wide burn ban.

**************
Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter: @treyschmaltz

 

More News

Desktop News

Click to open Continuous News in a sidebar that updates in real-time.
Radar
7 Days