A MAN who allegedly lit a fire on a main road is due to appear in front of magistrates.
Harold Rowland Saunders, 78, is said to have lit a fire in a lay-by on the A5092 earlier this year.
Saunders, of Hill Farm, Grizebeck, was charged with lighting a fire on or over a highway which endangered, injured or interrupted another user of the road and is expected to enter a plea at Furness Magistrates' Court on September 29.
He is alleged to have lit the fire on May 7 at Gawthwaite.
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