[talaketu]

The article mentioned the fire was started by lightening. It didn't state the cause of all these fires, but there is plenty of evidence and theory about how a hotter drier climate leads to an increase in the intensity and frequency of fires.

[cameron_b]

the assertion at the end of the article is that fire suppression doesn't allow small fires to consume the readily available fuel on the forest floor, leading to large stores of tinder and hotter fires, the kind that could kill a Redwood