Destructive and fast-moving California wildfire may be arson, not natural disaster

 

Destructive and fast-moving California wildfire may be arson, not natural disaster "They literally have the power of atomic bomb at their fingertips," an arson investigator said

Authorities in Northern California last week announced the arrest of a woman who they say ignited a wind-whipped wildfire that quickly tore through steep, rugged terrain, destroying 144 buildings, prompting the evacuation of thousands and becoming one of the state’s more destructive blazes this year.

Alexandra Souverneva, 30, a one-time yoga teacher from the San Francisco Bay Area who a former colleague recalled as “brilliant,” is among more than 100 people who have been accused of wildland arson and arrested by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, in 2021.

Credit; By Tim Stelloh for nbc news 

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