What caused Malibu fire?
Beth wrote a piece today looking at the fact that there are too few park rangers to actually patrol all the hillside parks in the Malibu area. And the question remains whether if they had enough rangers, would they have been able to prevent this last fire, likely sparked by some jerks who apparently gave no thought about their actions. The fire was one of the worst in the area's history and it left 53 homes burnt to the ground and caused more money out to be taken out of the pockets of California taxpayers for fire response. It's unlikely that there will be increased funding for park rangers next year as the state is facing a $10 billion structural deficit.
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