After Archuleta’s ruling on Kuykendall, Peters asked for a similar amount for Suggs, though she acknowledged that while Suggs did have two prior felonies on his record, he had a job in Alabama and was not on probation.
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By the time they awoke Sunday morning, the fire had gotten out of control and was already threatening to engulf several hundred homes in the area. Helicopters are scooping water out of a local reservoir in giant buckets and shuttling it to the raging fire.
The two men have been booked into the Boulder County Jail.
Two campers from Alabama were arrested Sunday and face felony arson charges for allegedly sparking the Cold Springs Fire that destroyed three homes in Colorado.
Approximately 1,991 people were asked to leave their homes because of the wildfire, according to the Boulder County Office of Emergency Management.
The wildfire has consumed more than 600 acres, and destroyed three homes and three buildings.
The driver, Jacob Omalley, 27, and a passenger, Will Hawkins, 22, both of Winnemucca, were killed in the wreck about 5:20 p.m. Sunday on State Highway 140, about 6 miles from the junction with U.S. Highway 95, Trooper Jim Stewart said.
Their names weren’t immediately released.
Trooper Jim Stewart says both victims were from Winnemucca.
In Nevada, a truck carrying Bureau of Land Management firefighters overturned while heading back Sunday evening from looking for lightning-sparked wildfires, killing two of them and injuring another near the OR state line.
They said they had a conversation about doing more to put out the fire, but ultimately decided not to, according to the affidavit.
Andrew Suggs, 28, and Zackary Ryan Kuykendall, 26, set the “ad hoc” campfire over the weekend on private property outside the town of Nederland, Colorado, about 35 miles northwest of Denver, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. They believe winds in the area, combined with the weather, allowed the ashes to rekindle, sparking the fire to spread from their campsite. A day before they were coincidentally interviewed by a reporter from the Daily Camera about the fire with Suggs saying they had “never seen anything like it”.
Some residents have lashed out at Suggs on a Facebook page that appears to be his and expressed frustration with people living in campsites in the area.
The fire is zero-percent contained and its cause is still under investigation.
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Gentry said the suspect would have to be processed on charges in Colorado related to the fire and it may take up to a month to retrieve him.
