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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 police headquarters and was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with criminal mischief, officers said.
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