Fire destroys two trucks at mud bog, 11 arrested

Bruce Behrman has some doubts about the story behind a fire that destroyed two late model pickups at the Moyie Mud Bog at 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

The man, who allegedly started the fire, told Behrman, who hosted the three-day event attended by 2,000, that he was trying to ignite his campfire with gasoline when he was caught on fire and threw the gas can into the back of one of the trucks.

Behrman was told by police the fire was ruled as accidental, but he begs to differ. He claims there wasn’t a campfire within about 40-feet of the destroyed Chevrolet and Dodge owned by two Athol residents.

The man who started the fire was treated and released at Boundary Community Hospital for burns, Behrman.

In other news, 11 arrests were made in the Boundary County area over the weekend. They included:

• Sara Michaels, 18, from Clinton Mont., for drinking and driving and being a minor in possession on May 9.

• Brock Schrader, 31, from Troy, Mont., for driving without privileges on May 9.

• Jason Anderson, 30, from Troy, Mont., for driving without privileges on May 9.

• Amber Henderson, 20, from Priest River, for drinking and driving on May 9.

• Daniel Briggs, 41, from Naples, for felony drinking and driving on May 10.

• Veronica Abraham, 19, from Bonners Ferry, for battery on May 10.

• Donald Bradshaw, 40, from Libby, Mont., for drinking and driving, open container and no insurance on May 10.

• Chris Currey, 33, from Kootenai, for possession of marijuana on May 10.

• Timothy Kendall, 22, from Coeur d’ Alene, for drinking and driving on May 11.

• Nathaniel Hunter, 23, from Spokane, Wash., for driving without privileges, open container and no insurance on May 11.

• Jacob Barber, 29, from Sandpoint, for drinking and driving and open container on May 11.

The Boundary County Sheriff’s drug dog made a run through mud bogs but did not find anyone with drugs, according to sheriff’s chief deputy Rich Stephens.