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Man Accused of Igniting California Wildfire Spread Alt-Right Conspiracy Theories

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A suspected arsonist who was arrested in connection with one of California’s many raging wildfires promoted Alex Jones theories and a series of other right-wing conspiracies on his personal Facebook page, according to a Friday report from ThinkProgress.

The Facebook posts, initially discovered and posted by a Forbes reporter, reveal 51-year-old Forrest Gordon Clark’s fascination with conspiracy theories including the now-infamous QAnon, and the lesser-known Agenda 21. None of the theories, however, connected directly to Clark’s alleged crime.

He stands accused of starting California’s Holy Fire, which has burned through more than 18,000 acres and displaced 20,000 residents since it began on Monday.

According to The Washington Post, Clark texted a local firefighter in the days before the blaze began, allegedly threatening that the region would “burn just like we planned.” After his Wednesday arrest, Clark is being held on $1 million bond.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-ac...iracy-theories

So of course all conservatives are guilty. Just like all black people are guilty if a black man robs a convenience store.

More than 100 large wildfires in U.S. as new blazes erupt

(Reuters) - Six large new wildfires have erupted in the United States that pushed the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100,

Wow, at least this wildfire was not like the many started by illegal aliens who exploit our unsecured border and unenforced immigration laws before they have burned down millions of acres of American woodlands.

Border Patrol agent charged with starting 47,000-acre wildfire here in 2017

• Tony Davis Arizona Daily Star

The Sawmill Fire in April 2017 devoured 40,000 acres in the Sonoita-Elgin area, threatening of the area’s vineyards and homes.
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star 2017


The U.S. Border Patrol agent who admitted starting a 47,000-acre fire last year in the Santa Rita Mountains is facing federal misdemeanor charges in connection with the blaze that caused more than $7 million in damage.

Dennis Dickey is accused of causing “timber, trees, slash, brush and grass to burn” without a legally required permit, federal prosecutors said in new court records. In an affidavit, Special Forest Service Agent Brent Robinson said Dickey ignited the fire by firing a rifle at an explosive target fueled by Tannerite, an explosive substance that’s intended to detonate when shot by a high-velocity firearm bullet.


Sean Chapman, Dickey’s attorney, declined to comment on the case.

Dickey has been ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Bowman to appear at a U.S. District Court hearing, which is scheduled for Friday.

Dickey, who was off-duty at the time the fire started, admitted to a Pima County sheriff’s deputy to having started the Sawmill Fire on April 23, 2017, the day it began on state land on the Santa Rita Experimental Range at the base of the mountains. The fire later spread to Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics...r-13264469.php

10 firefighters set 'numerous' homes on fire over 2-year-period, N.C. sheriff says