BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A 31-year-old from Louisville is accused of arson after emergency personnel extinguished a fire last month between Flagstaff Drive and Boulder Canyon Drive in Boulder County.
On Monday, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it had served Zasquin Benally-Bartell, 31, of Louisville with a felony summons for two counts of fourth-degree arson.
On the evening of June 14, a person called 911 to report a small fire — about a quarter of an acre — burning in the area. Multiple agencies responded and extinguished the fire, which was mid-slope about 1/4 mile southwest of Eben G. Fine Park, Boulder Fire-Rescue said. Nobody was injured and nearby structures were not damaged.
Fire investigators with Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks found two points of origin for a fire. A sheriff's office deputy identified Benally-Bartell as the suspect using evidence at the scene and eyewitness statements.
Benally-Bartell is scheduled to appear on the charges at the Boulder County Jail on July 11, the sheriff's office said.
No other details were available Monday evening.
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