[quote=spdrun]Also, I’d imagine that terrorists wouldn’t want their dastardly deeds to be blamed on nature, accident, or hobos cooking dinner. Highly sceptical that it is terrorism — far too subtle for al Qaeda.[/quote]Yes and no. If it is a ‘success’ in their eyes, they will lay claim. If it is not, they will take the time to ‘learn and retry’. I suspect that any claims, if they are involved, will occur at the end of the fire season, not during. They want an unprepared and caught unaware opponent. If this is what is going on, it is not the end of it.