US EditionAlaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire
- Groves Salmon Charters, an Alaska fishing guide company, has settled a lawsuit for $900,000 with the U.S. government over a wildfire started by one of its guides.
- Joshua McDonald, the guide, started a campfire that caused the fire. He failed to extinguish it properly, according to investigators.
- The settlement will cover the costs of extinguishing the fire, which burned about 0.28 square miles, and holds accountable those responsible for igniting wildfires.
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Alaska charter company pays $900,000 after guide likely caused wildfire by failing to properly extinguish campfire
In a settlement with the federal government, an Alaska fishing guide company paid $900,000 following allegations that one of its guides caused a 2019 wildfire by not properly putting out a campfire.
Alaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska fishing guide company has paid $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government alleging one of its guides started a wildfire in 2019, the U.S. attorney’s office for Alaska said in a…
Alaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An Alaska fishing guide company has paid $900,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government alleging one of its guides started a wildfire in 2019, the U.S. attorney's office for Alaska said in a statement Wednesday.
Alaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska fishing charter has paid $900,000 in a settlement with the federal government which alleged one of their guides started a wildfire in 2019. Federal prosecutors say Groves Salmon Charters’ guide Joshua McDonald started a campfire on the Klutina River 160 miles northeast of Anchorage despite knowing there was a high fire danger at the time. Investigators determined the fire started when the guide failed to proper…
Alaska charter company pays $900k after guide caused wildfire by not properly extinguishing campfire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska fishing charter has paid $900,000 in a settlement with the federal government which alleged one of their guides started a wildfire in 2019. Federal prosecutors say Groves Salmon Charters’ guide Joshua McDonald started a campfire on the Klutina River 160 miles northeast of Anchorage despite knowing there was a high fire danger at the time. Investigators determined the fire started when the guide failed to proper…
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