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A seedling Joshua tree, right, grows in the shadow of a mature tree in the Mojave Desert near the town of Apple Valley, Calif., in this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo. AP Photo/Reed Saxon
The man who started the fire at Joshua Tree National Park in California was sentenced to five years in jail.
U.S. District Judge Manuel Real sentenced 26-year-old George William Graham to the maximum term on the federal charge of unlawfully setting timber afire, the Department of Justice said.
