Arson charges laid in Inglewood area brush fire
Posted Jun 6, 2023 7:30 pm.
Calgary police say one of two brush fires on Monday in the city was deliberately set.
The fire was reported in Pearce Estate Park near Inglewood just before 6 p.m.
Police say they were on regular patrol when they spotted it and started evacuating the area.
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Firefighters put it out quickly but not before it burned about three acres of vegetation.
Police say a man came up to them and admitted he started the fire.
He said he collected a bunch of ‘”poplar fluff in a big pile”‘ and lit it on fire and it then spread.
The 33-year-old man is now charged with arson, and police say he will appear in court on July 7.
