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I didn't vote in the poll since I think the fires are mostly natural with some incidents of man-made fires.
From what I picked up from news reports, most of the fires are from natural causes. The weather has been extremely dry and a recent heat wave made conditions even worse.
I also heard the news report saying they arrested people who are alleged to have reset fires after they were put out....I haven't heard if they had a reason to do that, like buring a fire break which is commonly done to reduce the combustible material in the path of the fire.
Even in forest fires in the U.S. there always seem to be some incidents caused by humans, either on purpose aka arson, or by carelessness with campfires, spark discharges from chimneys, parking a car with a hot engine (with a SUPER VERY HOT catalytic converter) on dry grass high enough to catch fire...I've even scorched low grass in my driveway like that.
It's a tragedy any way you look at it. I suspect it will turn out to be some wacked out people contributing to the problems caused by natural conditions.
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