Does it concern you that there are grassfires in December? Shouldn’t the grass be either encased in snow or at least too moist to ignite by this time of year?
So this happened about 3 years ago when I had just learned to burn shit with magnifying glasses. (Start actual fires) I found a piece of cardboard and stumbled off into the neighbor's field, wondering whether id get more sun in an open field.
I start burning the cardboard, but drop it and step on it as I walk to my house to get some water to spray the cardboard. In 2 minutes I get back to a crackling sound... And about 10x7 feet of cheatgrass is on fire. Fuck, I pour the water on but it does nothing so I spend the next 30 seconds trampling like a idiot.
I run back to my house to tell my Dad, and he is (rightfully) pissed. We get 5 gallon buckets and head to the pond to get water, as I call 911 frantically crying about the fire I started. They send 1 brush rig and within 5 minutes I hear a siren and see the truck. We head off to the field after we've put most of the fire out. And literall 30x25 feet are black with some stuff smoldering. They spray it down for 10 minutes and leave, as I get to talk to the city's HEAD OF FIRE PREVENTION.
Long story short, I had to come back later in the evening to do mop up since it ended up flaring up again with smoke rising...
And that's the story of how I was a complete idiot and started a fire. I'll see if I can dig up some photos from my sister's phone. By the way, no charges were filed :)
