Reply #19: Years ago in CO up in the foothills I watched the driver of the car

[kestrel91316]

in front of me throw a cigarette butt out his window. It went into the dry brush at the side of the road and within two minutes the entire hillside was aflame. I told the cops about it and what the car looked like, but couldn't see his license plate.

I stopped to try to put it out before it got big, but the wind just took it and ran. Several cars stopped. Eventually the fire crews arrived and a water-dropping helicopter, and it was pretty good-sized before it was all over.