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Indictment In Colorado Wildfire Case

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Indictment In Colorado Wildfire Case

Colorado Fire Affidavit

This is the indictment filed yesterday (6/19) charging Terry Barton with deliberately setting the wildfire raging outside of Denver. Barton, a veteran United States Forest Service worker, has claimed that she accidentally caused the blaze while burning a letter from her estranged husband. But prosecutors allege that Barton actually started the largest wildfire in Colorado history "willfully" and "maliciously." Click here for a court affidavit offering further details of Barton's alleged role in starting the Hayman fire. (5 pages)