FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AP) -
A California man whose campfire sparked a small wildfire in northern Arizona won't spend any more time in jail.
But 49-year-old Stacy Postel, of Burbank, will have to pay $5,000 in restitution and serve two years of probation.
Postel pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor charges of violating fire restrictions, abandoning a campfire and giving false information to authorities. His campfire sparked a 4-acre wildfire in the Kaibab National Forest that cost more than $21,000 to suppress.
Postel had been jailed from late May into mid-July on outstanding warrants, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. Under an agreement reached with prosecutors, he won't serve any more time in the fire case.
Postel had faced more than two years in prison and $25,000 in fines.
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