The Aspen Fire

The Aspen fire in Arizona burned for just short of a month and ended up covering over 84,000 acres. Initially, folks thought that it was possibly caused by a lightning strike, but investigators fairly quickly ruled that out as none of the telltale signs were there. A man who ended up being charged with and convicted of lying to investigators about whether or not he was smoking on the trail that day exactly where the fire was known to have started.