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To: STARLIT

The 2nd largest fire in AZ history, the Rodeo fire which merged with the Chediski fire, was started by a firefighter who wanted to go to work to earn money.

The Rodeo–Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7.[2] It was the worst forest fire in Arizona’s recorded history until June 14, 2011 when the Wallow Fire surpassed it.[3] Several local communities, including Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Heber-Overgaard, Clay Springs, and Pinedale, were threatened and had to be evacuated.

The arsonist, who received a 10-year prison sentence in March 2004, was Leonard Gregg, a Cibecue resident who worked as a seasonal firefighter for the tribal fire department. He told investigators he had set two fires that morning (the first was quickly put out) in hopes of getting hired by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs for a quick-response fire crew. Gregg had previously worked as a BIA fire crew member, and was indeed among the first to be called in to fight the Rodeo Fire.

The stranded motorist, Valinda Jo Elliott, who started the Chediski portion of the fire was not charged with arson by the US Attorney’s office, much to the anger of local residents and the tribe. In 2009, a judge ruled that she is eligible to be tried in a civil suit in the White Mountain Apache tribal court.[8] In 2014 the court ruled that she was liable for $1650 in civil penalties and $57,000,000 in restitution to the tribe.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo%E2%80%93Chediski_Fire

So it is not beyond the realm to think that some fires are actually started bt firefighters.


4,161 posted on 07/17/2023 2:59:29 PM PDT by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)
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To: Lakeside Granny

I would have never dreamed of this. They carry all their needs and people as me wouldn't have thought they were evil.


4,163 posted on 07/17/2023 3:06:46 PM PDT by STARLIT (two moments in life-those you miss-those you seize)
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To: Lakeside Granny

Anything is possible. Child Protective Services involved in child trafficking. Dirty cops. Dirty judges. Priests and clergy who molest children. It’s an upside down world. And a wicked one.


4,165 posted on 07/17/2023 3:11:10 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Lakeside Granny

Oh my goodness. Unbelievable what people will do. But by all means, let us not DARE restore the teachings of God to the system!


4,167 posted on 07/17/2023 3:20:16 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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