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18-Year-Old Arrested After Throwing Firework, Causing Brush Fire: Mt Olive PD 18-Year-Old Arrested After Throwing Firework, Causing Brush Fire: Mt Olive PD
18-Year-Old Arrested After Throwing Firework, Causing Brush Fire: Mt Olive PD An 18-year-old Flanders resident was arrested and charged on Monday, Oct. 21, after causing a brush fire by throwing a firework, authorities said. At 4:35 p.m., police responded to Flanders Road for a report of an active brush fire, Mount Olive police said. A passerby extinguished the fire prior to the officer’s arrival, police said. A witness to the incident said a white vehicle was traveling down the road when the passenger threw a lit firework from the vehicle, police said. The firework set the grass and leaves on the side of the road on fire., police said. The 18-year-old came to pol…

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