RECTOR, Ark. (KAIT) - Formal charges are expected after police questioned four people in connection with setting a large debris pile on fire.

A Rector police officer on patrol spotted the fire around 4:35 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, near West Third Street and Woodland Heights.

According to a news release from the Rector Police Department, the fire department responded with two engines and a brush truck to contain the burn and protect an excavator nearby.

Using video from the area, police were able to identify a vehicle in the area before the fire started.

“The vehicle was identified by a RPD officer as potentially the suspect vehicle,” the police department stated in a Monday news release. “During the interviews, it was determined who the occupants were, and one subject admitted to igniting

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