The place was a tinder box.
That only makes it worse. Even my great granddaughters know not to have matches, etc when there are no burn warnings out. One is 7 and the other is 8. They knew exactly what they were doing just like the dummy who set fires in another state because he was bored. We finally got out from under that warning after our recent rains. I even read an article that a fire fighter set fires so he would get paid fighting them. There are some weird people in this country. I can not think of a punishment suitable for these characters.