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by jostmey 249 days ago
A small bush fire is not supposed to cause 60 billion in damage. Also, innocent until proven guilty. The evidence against the guy seems weak… like generating images on ChatGPT
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A significant amount of that damage was due to government policy, or rather failures of government policy.

Fire hydrants literally went dry in the middle of firefighting. Fire Departments were critically understaffed, and were using critically outdated dispatching systems that didn't share information or communication effectively.

The fire was started by arson, and it ravaged the city due to government failures.