Originally Posted By: Susan
And you would think that they could have found SOME place on bare sand or bare rock where they could have set a fire without starting a wildfire.


Or have cleared the burnable matter from an area before lighting it. Heck, you should be able to clear a decent pack of dirt just kicking stuff away from where you intend to start your fire. I know I've cleared a decent area using my foot as a broom.

However, if it were a choice between me dying in the woods or lighting the fire and risking burning down the whole forest, I'd light the fire.