CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A jury trial has been delayed for a Horry County man fined for the brush fire that rekindled into the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history.
The trial for Marc Torchi (torch-ee) had been set for Thursday.
But Scott Hawkins of the state Forestry Commission says it's now expected the week of Oct. 26.
Torchi requested the jury trial in Central Jury Court in Conway, a magistrate-level court.
Authorities say the April wildfire that destroyed 76 homes and damaged nearly 100 others started four days earlier as a debris fire in Torchi's backyard.
Torchi could be fined $732 but says he's been unfairly blamed.
He called Horry County firefighters when his fire got out of control and firefighters thought they had extinguished it.
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