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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Julia Musto

Teens accused of starting massive South Carolina wildfire by tossing their cigarette butts along a hiking trail

Three teenagers have been arrested after being accused of starting South Carolina’s more than 13,000-acre Table Rock fire by not properly disposing of their cigarettes.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission said that 19-year-old Nyzaire Jah-Neiz Marsh, 18-year-old Tristan Tyler, and 18-year-old Isaac Wilson were each charged with one count of negligently allowing fire to spread to land or property of another.

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