TELLER COUNTY, Colo. — A lady who set her dwelling ablaze close to Divide which then unfold to turn into the Highlands Lake Fireplace late final 12 months has been arrested, officers in Teller County stated Thursday.
Lacey Tillitt is accused of knowingly setting hearth to her dwelling on Oct. 28, 2024 earlier than the flames unfold to turn into the 166-acre Highlands Lake Fireplace in Teller County. She was arrested this week on a fourth-degree arson cost, a Class 2 felony, in response to deputies with the Teller County Sheriff’s Workplace.
“Due to the actions with which Tillitt is charged, over 700 houses had been threatened, the whole lot of the Highland Lakes space was evacuated, and the encompassing neighborhoods had been placed on pre-evacuation orders,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s workplace stated.
The evacuation lasted three days and roughly 15 firefighting and medical companies, together with firefighting plane and county and state legislation enforcement, supported the hassle to comprise the blaze.
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