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Originally Posted by ken0042
An even better question- when was the last time you heard the cause of a wild fire being possibly from a Snickers wrapper? Every year I hear of cases of a grass fire being caused by a discarded cigarette. I believe that they were also considering that to be a possible cause of the Ft. Mac wildfire.
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Not to downplay the risk of starting forest fires with cigarette butts, but I'm always curious how they would determine something like this. They sift through the forest and find the but? It makes sense in a home or smaller area, where you can use the burn pattern to find the source, but some of the forest fires they blame on cigarettes go on for acres.
Anyone with expertise here? Genuinely curious.