SAUGERTIES – A 22-year-old Mount Marion man has been charged with arson for allegedly starting a fire in a pile of construction debris in the backyard of 9 Overlook Circle on Wednesday.
Nicholas Mitchell was charged with felony arson and released on a police appearance ticket.
Saugerties Police said the fire was uncontrolled and some 20 to 30 feet away from the side of a house where the siding had started to melt from the heat of the fire.
The Mount Marion Fire Company had to be dispatched to extinguish the fire.
Mitchell sustained burn injuries while attempting to put out the fire after it got out of control. He told police he had started it.
Saugerties Police were assisted by Mount Marion Fire Company, Centerville-Cedar Grove Fire Company, Diaz Ambulance and the Ulster County Fire Investigation Unit.
