Man charged in Horry Wildfire has new court date
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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.
Published: October 21, 2009
Updated: October 22, 2009
MYRTLE BEACH- A jury trial for a Horry County man fined for the brush fire that rekindled into the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history has been re-scheduled.
According to SC Forestry Commission Public Information Officer Scott Hawkins, the trial for Marc Torchi is set for Wednesday, Oct. 28 in Myrtle Beach Magistrate’s Court.
Torchi requested the jury trial in Central Jury Court in Conway, a magistrate-level court earlier this month but was eventually delayed.
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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Torchi[ pronounced torch-ee]according to a previous article here. How fitting. Appears he and wifey [the one who was so spiteful the police had to be called in to protect the firemen} are trying to make a trial as costly as possible for the County. Good courtroom experience, will come in handy for the civil suits that are to come.
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