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Man gets probation for starting wildfire
Updated: Monday, 13 Aug 2012, 6:01 PM MDT
Published : Monday, 13 Aug 2012, 6:01 PM MDT
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The man that started a 2,700 acre wildfire in Socorro County last spring has been sentenced to two years probation.
Steven Haney and his father were stripping an old bulldozer for parts when sparks touched off several small fires.
The pair put out those fires but ran out of water and took off when the big one, the Sevilleta Fire sparked.
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