Posted in NEWS Man pleads guilty to setting nearly a dozen fires in Northern California forest May 24, 2022 Eric Michael Smith set 11 fires in 2019 and 2020 using “hard to detect” sources like cigarette lighters and handheld torches, prosecutors said. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-23/man-pleads-guilty-arson-fires-in-shasta-trinity-national-forest