A forest officer has been arrested in the US after a set fire in private land

A forest officer has been arrested after a fire broke out in 18 acres of land in Argan.

This was confirmed by the officials on Friday.

Grant County District Attorney Grant Carpenter said a man named Burn Boss had been arrested.

He has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a land.

Since then the accused has been released from jail. It was not immediately clear

whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.