Official word is that it is under investigation. there were no thunderstorms or storms of any kind for a long time before. Word around the area is that some some cops who were hunting in the area observed some lowlife [bleep] in a hunting camp with a campfire and reported same. I also talked with a cowboy who was bringing some stock down and noticed a tendril of smoke from a campfire, and not long later a large plume. It may not have been hunters, just campers but not a lot of that going on this time of year. . No loggers were operating in the area.

Last edited by riverdog; 10/20/20.