06-10-2017 03:25 via deseretnews.com

Ex-trooper, fire chief charged with starting second wildfire

SALT LAKE CITY — A former Utah Highway Patrol trooper and fire chief already accused of purposely starting a forest fire has been indicted on a new charge of intentionally sparking a separate blaze on federal land.A grand jury Wednesday decided there was enough evidence to charge Rex Richard Olsen, 37, with setting brush or grass on fire "willfully and without authority" on Bureau of Land Management land.The charge stems from a May 30 blaze that torched 900 acres and briefly closed a stret
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