Huge Wildfire In California Blamed On Cannabis Grow
There's been some bad news confirmed recently regarding one of last year's largest wildfires in California. Lake County has experienced multiple large wildfires this year, and last year was no better. The results from some of the fires were truly devastating, and now state fire officials have said that one of last year's fires was caused by an illegal cannabis growing operation. The fire in question caused massive damage. Over 40 homes were destroyed in this mainly rural area, just north of San Francisco. This is embarrassing for the whole community, people that don't know what they are doing and trying to get rich quick are ruining it for everyone and putting people in real danger. The sheer damage caused by this massive wildfire can only be compared to the sheer stupidity of the two men that have been accused. Of course they have already fled the country before they could be questioned, so their lack of accountability will undeservingly fall on the rest of the industry. The two men have good reason to run, because the fire that they started really did leave dozens of homes and lives in ruins.
The Rocky fire that these two jackwagons started was no joke. The fire burned nearly 110 square miles in three different counties, including Yolo, Colusa, and Lake. It may have been in a mainly rural area, but it took down 43 homes and over 50 outbuildings before firefighters were able to put it out. All of this, because these two guys were too cheap and lazy when it came to setting up a water heater at their illegal grow. Officials say that they strapped the water heater to a tree, which is a ridiculous and unsafe idea that went as bad as it possibly could have. Their mistake caused the county's second largest fire of 2015, behind the massive Valley fire that destroyed over 1,000 homes. Unfortunately, this county hasn't had any better luck this year when it comes to fires. Just over a week ago, firefighters were trying to contain another unrelated fire near the same area that they now believe was caused by a serial arsonist. The 40 year old man is charged with 17 counts of arson, but investigators and officials don't believe he had any hand in last year's fire.
This isn't a problem to take lightly in California. While Southern California wildfires are rarely attributed to cannabis grows, the northern part of the state is a bit more prone to the them. This year, Northern California has already had four wildfires reportedly started by marijuana related causes. Last year the Rocky fire was just one of at least five fires that were blamed on cannabis. We can't let these careless criminals put lives at risk while tarnishing the image of the rest of the community. We don't want cannabis to be thought of as the next serial arsonist in Northern California. The 9 cannabis related wildfires that have happened in the last year have caused fire officials to consider creating a separate reporting category, just for these types of incidents. This should be easily preventable, but there will always be idiots out there ruining it for everyone.
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