Wildfire investigators looking for the cause of blaze in western Colorado last month discovered the partially burned remains of a dog — leading to the conclusion that a man’s attempted cremation of his pet sparked a fire that damaged private property including a cabin.
Law enforcement arrested the man earlier this month and he is now charged with arson and trespassing, court documents show. Authorities say the cremation ceremony started the fire on Aug. 1 that’s estimated to have caused about $200,000 in damages and burned about 11 square miles (28 square kilometers), the Denver Post reported. The burn is now largely contained.
Unfortunate outcome, sad cause. Sounds like he cared enough for the animal to put some effort into a noble funeral, but just fucked it up. Other people have caused conflagrations for worse reasons: intentional, carelessness, whatever.
Of all the people causing a fire like this, I have the most sympathy for this guy.
Related: a comedian once had a schtick about California road signs about it being illegal to throw burning objects out of your car; he joked that it was stupid, because what, was he driving down there road witha charcoal briquets in the passenger seat, just tossing coals out the window? While it was funny, I always thought, “Yeah. That’s almost exactly what it is.” Fucking idiots used to toss their cigarette butts out the window all the time.
28 square kilometres and the dog was only partially burned? That guy shouldn’t play with fire.
The fire got out of control after he threw a spray can into the blaze. … This guy is clearly meant for bigger things.
Nothing shows respect like a junk spray can.
Sparky!
Nooooooooo!
Underrated comment.
Next time, give the dog a Viking funeral. You’re a lot less likely to start a forest fire with a burning boat.
I gave my pet rat a viking burial before. Made a little paper boat and outfit.
Problem was when I decided to do it, the ice didn’t melt on the lake and I couldn’t find anywhere I could get to that wasn’t ice. So I sent her skidding out on the ice aflame.
Sometimes, in northern US states, people burn their houses down because they think they can use flamethrowers to melt the snow and ice off their roofs. Ice is pretty resilient to flames.
That’s what I’ve asked for in my will - it’s an excellent choice!
