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Show Charges filed against roofing company report. The company also did not keep an approved fire extinguisher within 30 feet of the kettle and used a kettle with a broken cover, the charges state. "The kettle had been left unattended un-attended with the burner flame on, allowing it to overheat and ignite," the report stated. The offense is a class B misdemeanor, misde-meanor, punishable by a six-month jail sentence and a $1,000 fine. An arraignment is scheduled for March 30 at 2 p.m. BOUNTIFUL Criminal charges against a roofing company have been filed by Bountiful stemming stem-ming from a fire last month at Viewmont High School. Utah Tile & Roofing, Inc., Murray, violated the city's Uniform Fire Code by using an asphalt kettle on the roof of a building, according to charges filed in 2nd Circuit Court. Firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from the school' s roof Feb. 6 at 12:05 p.m. They found an asphalt kettle on fire and a worker shoveling snow on the kettle. Teachers evacuated the school. No injuries were reported. Utah Tile & Roofing workers left on the propane-fueled kettle used in patching the roof while they went to lunch, according to an incident |