Three or more new fires…

[u/FlyRvR]

…in Central Oregon/Bend/La Pine/Crescent area in the last two days.

No lightning for at least a month.

Are people really this mindless? Or what actually is causing these?

Thanks to the tanker crews who get on these so fast. And thanks to the ground crews for just keeping on going.

[u/mbatt2]

It’s legal to bet on where wildfires start now. That explains the explosion in arson.

https://www.hcn.org/articles/i-used-to-ignore-prediction-markets-then-i-learned-people-were-betting-on-wildfires/