Man banned from Nelson, B.C., sentenced for arson during heat of 2024 wildfire season | Unpublished
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Publication Date: December 30, 2025 - 21:58

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Man banned from Nelson, B.C., sentenced for arson during heat of 2024 wildfire season

December 30, 2025

David Travis was sentenced to two years less a day and will spend 593 days in custody, accounting for time already served, after pleading guilty to three counts of arson. On July 24, 2024, Travis lit the first of four fires he started that day in Nelson, B.C., and was later arrested with two lighters still in his possession.



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