Four men face charges in connection with an “out of control” forest fire in northeastern Ontario last month that police say was caused by the careless use of fireworks.
Ontario Provincial Police responded to the fire in a wooded area within Coleman Township in Temiskaming Shores, Ont., about 200 kilometres north of Sudbury, at around 5 p.m. on May 23.
Shortly after a forest fire was reported and firefighters responded to the scene, but police said the fire had “grown out of control.”
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A Ministry of Natural Resources helicopter and water bomber responded to the fire and it was successfully extinguished.
Riley Abernot, 19, of Cobalt, Ont., Sam Gilbert, 18, of Coleman, Ont., Justin Ingleton, 21, of Kerns, Ont., and Devin Leveille, 18, of Haileybury, Ont., were all charged under Ontario’s Forest Fires Prevention Act.