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Often these fires that accidental are obviously human caused. We have one down here in the Wine Country of Kali that was caused by a farmer mowing his weeds and grass. The massive fire in the Sequoias was caused by a woman camper.

One of the first things that is done in Ore-Gone up in flames and Kali on the smaller fires is to immediately send one or more of their seasoned fire fighters, who now is a full time fire scene investigator to check on the cause of the fire. These guys are very good and very experienced in finding out the orginal cause of the fire if they can get to it before it becomes massive.

When there are no lightening storms, arson is often very obvious and easy to find when a fire is small. You just go to the start of the fire and check the out side perimeter for signs of use of accelerators or time devices to start the fire. Often both will be used at the same time.

It will be interesting to see if they post why and how human involvement is suspected.