Human Caused Wildfires Increase in Southern California

Statistics released by the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho reveal that human-caused fires are on the increase in southern California. Throughout the rest of the nation, the number of human-caused ignitions has stayed steady or even declined in some places. In southern California, however, the statistic jumped from 3200 in 2006 to 5140 to 2007, climbing to 5208 human-caused ignitions...