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CT Man Lights Illegal Fireworks, Causing Large Brush Fire, Police Say
A man has been charged with lighting illegal fireworks that caused a large brush fire to break out in Fairfield County, police say.
Steven Botelho, 38, of Fairfield was arrested on Monday, Aug. 24 in connection to the incident that happened earlier this summer.
At about 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 21, the Fairfield Police Department received numerous reports of aerial fireworks in the area of Chestnut Street/Kings Highway in Fairfield.
Patrol officers arrived on scene a short time later, and observed a large brush fire adjacent to the Metro-North train tracks, in a marsh…
