It seems Smokey the Bear did his job well. This year, the two most devastating fires to hit the U.S. have been set by firefighters - just to keep them busy. Terry Barton had been previously charged with setting fires that spread unchecked through Colorado. Now, Leonard Gregg, an unemployed part-time firefighter from an Indian Reserve in Arizona has been charged with starting one of the two blazes that has resulted in Arizona's worst-ever fire. Gregg was hoping to get work fighting the fire he started. Instead, he was identified as the culprit and had to be stopped from admitting his guilt during the arraignment.

The second fire in Arizona was caused by a lost hiker who started the fire to catch the attention of a helicopter passing overhead.