***He set on small fire***
And you absolutely know this for a fact...how?
An ongoing investigation and you know this as absolute fact and are willing to state this on a public forum. Where you there and an accessory?
My wife has family there, and yes, he's only accused of leaving a campfire, not setting multiple fires, and the last I heard, the investigation is not complete and they're not certain that his abandoned campfire actually resulted in anything bigger.
Another of the fires was started when PG&E restored power to a line that was still down, a major screw-up, and sparks started a fire. Other fires were started when high winds knocked down limbs or trees, which then took down power lines in other places and started fires. This was not one fire. It was multiple fires, exacerbated by high winds not normally seen in this area and heavy amounts of dried vegetation (grasses/scrub) that grew as a result of heavy rains in the spring, but had now dried out.
Yes. I do. I know the deputy and the fire crew but the Freep lynch mob seems happy to lynch any bean eater to satisfy their thirst while the real perp, if any, goes free. Some justice.