Woman accused of starting 420-acre wildfire in North Carolina mountains

MARION, N.C. (WBTV) – A woman was charged after a cigar she was smoking allegedly sparked a wildfire that has grown to 420 acres in size in the North Carolina mountains.

A citation said 38-year-old Hilary Brooke Inman “admitted to accidentally igniting a large wood fire … by removing hot ash from a cigar she was smoking at the edge of a wooded bank.”

The same citation said she also confessed to starting the fire during a 911 call with McDowell County personnel…

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