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Ex-Fire Chief Accused of Setting 9 Fires
MILAN, N.Y. - A former fire chief in the Hudson Valley was accused Monday of setting nine brush fires in the past three months. Eric Thorley, 47, who led the Milan Fire Department for five years, was charged with nine counts of arson and nine counts of reckless endangerment, according to state police.
Current fire Chief Jeffrey Galm said Thorley was "one of the last people I would ever expect to be involved."
Thorley was a founding member of the fire department and served as a volunteer from 1974 until his arrest.
Suspicious fire officials contacted state police when they noticed the fires were in similar back-road locations.
Milan is about 50 miles south of Albany.
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