Woman arrested in connection with Colorado fire

US federal authorities have arrested a longtime US Forest Service employee for allegedly starting the largest fire in Colorado's history.

US federal authorities have arrested a longtime US Forest Service employee for allegedly starting the largest fire in Colorado's history.

Prosecutors said Terry Barton, a 38-year-old Colorado woman, burned in anger a letter from her estranged husband, in violation of a ban on fires in the tinder-dry Pike National Forest.

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