A Las Animas code enforcement employee was arrested Monday on charges including arson in connection with a wildfire that destroyed two homes in April, which authorities say started after the employee conducted an illegal burn on a red flag warning day.
Charles Gregory Champney, 67, turned himself in to the Bent County Sheriff’s Office Monday after a warrant for his arrest was signed by a Bent County judge last Thursday.
Williams initially told state fire investigators their assistance wouldn’t be required, but the state took the fire over around 9 p.m. that night. But he stayed on as an investigator after initially being told the fire started at the Las Animas limb pile, a burn pile operated by the city. Williams continued his investigation into the start of the fire the day before and found that all indications pointed to it starting at the limb pile. Williams wrote in the affidavit that he called in the lead fire investigator with the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control to help.
That week, Williams confirmed with the Bent County emergency operations manager that he believed Champney was the only person who operated the limb pile.
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