The fire may have been caused by a person who started a fire for cooking or warmth, and a person of interest has been identified and interviewed, the Forest Service later said.
My guess is warmth. It's been a brutal spring.
Officials said Tuesday evening that they were continuing to battle a 45-acre brush fire in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest that initially broke out Monday.
A 2019 study found that in the preceding nine years the global average wind speed increased nearly 6 percent, from 7.0 to 7.4 mph. Anecdotal observations in Maine support the premise that we’re experiencing more breezy and gusty conditions.