Christopher Linsmayer, the husband of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, is facing charges in Grand County that he violated a burn ordinance in November. He also is suspected of igniting a September wildfire that prompted evacuations near Kremmling.

Linsmayer, 65, is accused of two counts of having an open fire without a permit, a violation of a county ordinance, court records show.

“I understand there has been an ordinance violation charge filed,” McCann said in a statement to The Denver Post. “My husband is cooperating fully with local authorities.”

The charges against Linsmayer, first reported Wednesday by The Sky-Hi News, stem from a November incident when investigators say he was spotted burning slash piles on his property in Kremmling.

Linsmayer was burning without an adequate water source and did not have a permit, according to Grand County Sheriff’s Lt. Dan Mayer. He was issued a summons for a petty offense.

Mayer said Linsmayer also was burning slash piles that got out of control on Sept. 13 and burned as many as 10 acres of land near Kremmling. Roughly a dozen homes were evacuated and a mass of firefighting resources were called in to the blaze — known as the Gore Ridge or Gorewood Fire — under control.

“We know he started it,” Mayer said. “He was doing a burn and it got out of control. The burn was not permitted and it wasn’t even a burn time.”

He added: “It was not an intentional criminal act. His fire got out of control.”

A Grand County court clerk said the only case against Linsmayer stems from the alleged county ordinance violations. The district attorney’s office says it is not handling a case against Linsmayer.

Linsmayer’s attorney was out of the office on Wednesday and Thursday. The Grand County attorney, who is pursuing the county ordinance violation allegation, was not available Thursday to comment.

Court records show Linsmayer is due back in court next month for an arraignment in the case.

Beth McCann, a Democrat, is Denver’s first female district attorney. She took office in January after winning a landslide election in November. She was previously Colorado state representative.