25-05-2016 22:44 via alaskapublic.org

Attorneys grow impatient in Sockeye Fire trial

It is almost one year since the Sockeye fire in Willow devastated over 7,000 acres of Southcentral Alaska and torched 55 homes.
The Sockeye Fire which devastated Willow in 2015 (Photo courtesy of the Mat-Su Borough)Fire investigators pinned the cause of the fire on two Anchorage residents, Greg Imig and Amy DeWitt, charging they had left a burning debris pile unattended on Imig’s Willow property. The state is prosecuting the two, charging them with several counts, all misdemeanors.
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