A local Marine faces up to a year in prison for starting a brush fire on Camp Pendleton last year, forcing evacuations in Oceanside and Fallbrook.
Lance Corporal Nason Lamb entered a guilty plea in court Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Marine says he set a clump of grass on fire while joking around with fellow Marines. Lamb says he tried to put the fire out, but it got out of control.
It cost nearly $4 million to fight the fire.
As part of a plea agreement, Lamb could also be reduced in rank and receive a bad-conduct discharge.
