[pct-l] Fires

[Brick Robbins]

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Drew Smith <jdrewsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> No question that there have been many fires in CA over the last decade. But
> before sending down commandments from on high, how about a little data to
> inform the conversation?



"According to state statistics from 2013, the latest available, the
most common cause of wildfires is stray flames from debris burning, at
14 percent. Vehicle sparks ignited roughly 9 percent of fires that
year, as did power lines, and were followed by lawn mowers and other
equipment (8 percent), lightning (7 percent) and arson (6 percent)."

In this article all the "caused by campfire" wildfires - were caused by hunters.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/From-lighting-to-foul-play-what-causes-6511859.php