A Southern Ontario man has been ordered to pay 35-hundred dollars for starting a fire that spread into the surrounding woods back in May.Court heard that Matthew Major of Stoney Creek started a fire to burn boxes of paper in a grassy area in Kenora.
Major didn't have a day burning permit and he left the fire unattended and went into town.
The fire spread into a wooded area and sparked a point 5 hectare forest fire.
