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Darkbluerabbit:
My thought was maybe eco-terrorists.  There are some lunatic fringe groups of environmentalists who are quite familiar with arson, if they think it benefits the environment somehow.  That article is kind of amusing, in a sad way though.  I notice that they kind of gloss over that whole "we have no evidence at all" bit.

axerton:
Nah, it's just nutjobs, genuine pyromaniacs. Also the link with firefighters tends to be the other way around, people become firefighters because they like to light fires, they don't start lighting fires because they're firefighters (In most cases),  because that way they have a legitimate reason to be close to the fires,and admire their own handywork.

Also discarded cigarretts don't tend to start fires from what I know, they just don't have the required heat to start a fire unless you're really unlucky with where they land however they let that rumour grow because that way people dont get ideas on how to be a copycat - in the same way that the media depics sliting your wrists across rather than down the arm. I think there have been a couple of cases were a cigarette would be taped to a match so that when the ciggarette burned low enough it would light the match, which is powerful enough to light up the dry grass.

Acouple of updates as of last night
181 dead (but still with pleanty of unsearched buildings)
over 1800 houses destroyed
aproximatly 7000 people left homeless
more than $100 million (aud) has so far been donated

no one can really guess how many head of stock were killed as a resault, or how much damage was done to properties (ie. fences, sheds ect) or the toll on wildlife.

David_Dovey:
Yeah the people who are starting these fires are quite likely to be compulsive and sociopathic, so despite all the calls for the arsonists to be charged with murder and made an example of, I personally can't see what that will achieve given that pyromania is a genuine mental illness and these people have little to no control over their compulsions.

DonInKansas:

--- Quote from: johnny5 on 09 Feb 2009, 22:27 ---i thought the california ones were bad, but i guess you guys also have 110+ degree weather. the fires must be moving fast

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The heat may help a fire start, but has little to nothing to do with the spread of a fire.  Wind is the biggest enemy of a fireman.  Fire warnings are all about high winds(Fast spreading fire) and low humidity(Dry conditions).

StaedlerMars:

--- Quote from: onewheelwizzard on 09 Feb 2009, 22:45 ---Holy shit, those pictures.

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