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B.C. man appealing $860K fine for starting wildfire while camping
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – A Cariboo-area man who was fined more than $860,000 for starting a wildfire while camping on his own property is appealing the penalty.
Documents filed with the provincial Forest Appeals Commission say Robert Unger lit a campfire on land he owned when it was unsafe to do so.
The fire escaped and spread from his property to Crown land in an area where there was no fire department to respond.
In May 2011, the manager of the Cariboo Fire Centre issued a decision ordering Unger to pay the costs of fighting the fire.
Unger asked for a review, and the same fire centre manager determined — again — that Unger should pay.
His appeal to the commission is scheduled to be heard later this month.
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