Public Safety
Police: Teenager Whose Fire Burned 5 Acres of Woodland Park Charged with Criminal Mischief
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A teenage boy set a fire Wednesday afternoon in Woodland Park Nature Preserve that burned five acres of the park and took about 60 firefighters two hours to extinguish, Darien police said. Police described the incident and the investigation with this account (which includes accusations not proven in court):
All three town fire departments went to the scene of the fire, and Glenbrook Fire Department in Stamford provided mutual aid. No one was injured. The boy was seen by a neighbor when he set the fire, and the boy was seen running from the park at about the time the fire was reported — 3:18 p.m. The neighbor gave police the boy’s description. From that, at least one witness was able to identify him. Darien police detectives got statements from witnesses in the area who said they saw a teenage boy who fit the description of the boy seen running out of the park.