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Cousins who started Wallow Fire ordered to pay $3.7M
Updated: Friday, 09 Nov 2012, 1:04 PM MST
Published : Friday, 09 Nov 2012, 12:54 PM MST
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Two cousins who accidentally started the largest wildfire in Arizona history have been ordered to pay $3.7 million in restitution.
The Wallow Fire destroyed 840 square miles in Arizona and New Mexico last summer.
The US Forest Service is not demanding the $79 million it actually cost to fight the fire.
David and Caleb Malboeuf pleaded guilty to leaving a campfire unattended and failing to clear the brush from around it.
Their lawyers say it's unlikely they will ever be able to pay the full amount in their lifetimes.
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