Yeah, but worse means more people dying and more homes destroyed. It is absolutely the arsonists fault. But we have fires every year, so this isn't exactly rocket science or hindsight. A known problem exists and nothing is ever done about it. The GOP is constantly villianized for their common-sense forstry as a bunch of anti-environmentalists.
Remember the Yellow Stone fires?
The standard policy for awhile was to put out any fire (started by Mother Nature or man) immediately.
I forget the name of the pine tree. Cones fall to forest floor. They don't open - to spread new seeds - unless burned in a fire.
Nature knows how to do it.
Enviro-whacko's don't have a clue, yet they are allowed to do serious damage to our environment.
Long since past time to stamp out all enviro-whackos.
LVM