Smoking?
I find it funny that when the eastern part of the US is hit with hurricanes or floods, “wildfires” pop up in California. Could be discardred cigs, inattention to camp fires, bad land-management regulations...or arson.
Basically, if California sees another state in line for disaster relief, they’ll gin up a “wildfire” so they can get some, too. Just a personal observation and suspicion.