An Idaho inmate assigned to a work crew fighting a Utah wildfire was charged Friday with raping a Coal Hollow Fire base camp worker.
The man is accused of walking into the woman’s tent around 10 a.m. and sexually assaulting her, according to a probable cause statement.
Crews have been fighting the Coal Hollow Fire, burning southeast of Spanish Fork, since Aug. 4. More than 200 people are assigned to the fire, which has devoured nearly 30,000 acres. It is 80 percent contained, according to state fire officials.
The woman, who ran the base camp’s wash trailer, told police the man had been flirting with her over the past week.