Who's responsible for the fires? What really caused the Summerhaven, Arizona fire which destroyed a town of 259 homes? Could it have been prevented? Who is actually responsible? The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service stopped the historic, frequent burning of brush and grasses. They outlawed the removal of mature trees. The highly inflammable brush, grass, and old trees accumulated, year after year, decade after decade. For the last 11,000 years, first Indians, then pioneers, and lately ranchers and farmers, regularly set fires to burn off accumulated flammable materials. All of North America was adapted to these historic, frequent,...