The cause of the Corral fire is still under investigation, but, of course cBS News has to trot out the Typical Cult Propaganda
The Corral Fire exploded in Northern California over the weekend, scorching more than 14,000 acres, jumping major roadways and prompting evacuations as it bore down on nearby homes.
Local resident Daniel Perez stayed behind to help first responders.
“The firefighters actually dipped the hose into my pool,” he told CBS News. Perez said it appeared they had stopped the fire at one point before flames suddenly came in from another direction. (snip)
While wildfires aren’t new in California, what worries firefighters is that the Corral Fire, which was roughly 75% contained as of Monday evening, happened so early in the so-called fire season.
“For the most part, we don’t refer to it as fire season anymore. It’s almost like there are no rules anymore,” said CalFire information officer Cecile Juliette.
Yes, the rules that say that California has high wind times and can get very dry, then you add a tremendous amount of infrastructure in the area, all while banning things like clearing the underbrush, the dead trees and brush, and creating firebreaks. You know, proper forest management, which the native Americans did for a long, long time. Fires happen
(USA Today) Fueled by high winds, the blaze has spread across hundreds of acres of tall grass, burning around 22 square miles. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, CalFire said.
The wildfire started on property maintained by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory about 40 miles southeast of downtown Oakland. Officials said the proximity between the fire and the federal lab, which conducts experiments on nuclear reactions, lasers, and atomic structure, did not immediately pose a threat.
Sounds like someone was screwing around with something, started a fire, and it got out of hand. It has nothing to do with witchcraft, er, carbon pollution.
No doubt California lawyers will be standing in line to sue power companies over this to squeeze out a new summer home.
care to make a bet it was started by an arsonist?