[afz400]

Why does everyone assume the guy gets away in a car or truck? He could have a pistol with a scope, take a shot, conceal the weapon in his pants, and slowly stroll away.

[yukong]

My thoughts tend to run toward the notion that this guy, picks his spots that have multiple avenues of ingress/egress, that connect quickly to a major thoroughfare, than he then quickly exits the firezone, gets on a major artery, travels just a short distance, exits onto a busy business street/area, and is sitting in Dennys or somesuch having coffee watching the TV listening to the coffee shop talk. He is probably out of his vehicle, in a public place within 5 minutes tops. That way he is not on the roads, rolling when the highway shutdowns occur. Shutting down the roads won't work. I would suggest that the police begin looking at those coffee shops, restaurants and whatnot in the areas immdiately surrounding the fire zones. Say within 5 minutes drive. Just a thought. But that is all that could make sense considering they shut down all the major roads within 5-10 minutes of the reports.