Volunteer Firefighter Accused of Starting 2 Fires

KEENE TONIGHT WHERE THAT HEARING HAPPENED. REPORTER: THE 34-YEAR-OLD DAVID PLANTE NOW FACING TWO COUNTS OF ARSON FOR THE TWO OF THE SIX MANY DAYS. IN COURT PAPERWORK, KEENE POLICE SAY PLANTE ADMITTED TO STARTING WEDNESDAY'S FIRE ON JUNIPER HILL ROAD USING A GLASS BOTTLE TO MAGNIFY SUNLIGHT. POLICE SAY HE ALSO USED A FLINT LIGHTER TO SET THURSDAY'S FIRE NEAR CENTER POND ROAD, THAT BURNED NEARLY 200 ACRES. >> HIS ACTIONS PUT THE FIREFIGHTERS FIGHTING IN FIRE IN DANGER AND PUT THE HOMEOWNERS AND COMMUNITY OF STODDARD IN DANGER. IN ADDITION, HIS ACTIONS CAUSED EVERSOURCE LOSSES IN EXCESS OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. REPORTER: PROSECUTORS SAY AT THE SCENE OF THURSDAY'S FIRE, PLANTE HAD MADE HIMSELF KNOWN TO POLICE AND OTHER FIREFIGHTERS. >> HE WAS ESSENTIALLY STANDING NEAR THIS FIRE AND ASKED TWO KEENE FIREFIGHTER TO JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF HIM, BASICALLY SHOWING HIM STANDING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE. KORS COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THAT PLANT GRE TOLD POLICE THAT HE SAW TWO SUSPECTS AND THAT THEY FLED ON A FOUR WHEELER. PLANTE HIMSELF HAD BEEN USING HIS OWN FOUR WHEELER TO MOVE AROUND THE FIRE. HE'S BEEN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. >> MR. PLANTE WAS SEEN IN THE E.R. HERE IN CHESHIRE COUNTY ON FRIDAY, PRIOR TO HIS ARREST WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. REPORTER: THE JUDGE SAYS WHILE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE PLANTE, A HUSBAND AND FATHER, IS A FLIGHT RISK, HE DID BELIEVE PLANT WAS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY AND SET BAIL AT $100,000. NOW, THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THAT HE EXPECTS THERE WILL CASE.