Three firefighters in Grand Teton National Park had to paddle a boat out to a small island and put out a forest fire that was started by a person’s not-quite-extinguished campfire. It was easy to catch up with the guy who’d left the fire burning since he was fishing on the other side of the island. I’m not sure how the firefighters realized his small island was on fire before he did, but at least it was easy to track him down and give him a fine. Besides, it was an island so the fire wouldn’t get too far. They should have just let it burn until the guy had to swim away to get out of there.

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