Humans caused the Sheep Fire, investigators say

U.S. Forest Service Investigators say the 7,128-acre Sheep Fire that threatened Lytle Creek and Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains was human caused and likely arson. The blaze that took seven days to put out destroyed one home and four buildings in an eight-mile swath through the San Bernardino National Forest. The remote starting point of the fire, a flat area several hundred feet from Lytle Creek and Sheep Canyon roads, lead fire investigators to lean toward an arson versus an accidental cause, Forest Service spokesman John Miller said. "When you look at where it started, you ask, what would start a fire here?" Miller said. Fire investigators have spent the last two months analyzing evidence that ruled out the possibility of natural causes of power lines and lightning strikes...read more