Wildfire or a DEA Cover-up? Yosemite National Park

In the summer of 2013, one of the largest wildfires in California history tore through the Sierra Nevada, burning more than 257,000 acres. But as the flames spread, so did questions about who started it. Was a secret DEA operation being covered up? Were local rafters involved? Or did the answer lie with someone who knew these forests better than most?

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• CAL FIRE – Rim Fire Incident Archive

• U.S. Department of Justice – Tuolumne County Man Indicted for Starting Rim Fire

• U.S. Department of Justice – Government Moves to Dismiss Rim Fire Indictment

• KQED – Rim Fire Cause: Hunter's Illegal Fire

• KQED – With Witnesses Dead, Charges Dropped Against Rim Fire Suspect

• Los Angeles Times – U.S. prosecutors drop case in massive Yosemite fire after witnesses die

• The Wildfire, the Hunter, and a Decade of Conspiracy Theories