#10 I grew up there and Woodsy the Owl, and Smokey the Bear were huge celebrities because they thought all the fires (one every other day!) were from people tossing cigarettes from car windows. After his arrest number of fires went down like 80-90%
"Los Angeles was hit with a devastating and deadly series of intentionally set fires in the 1980s and 90s. They finally arrested the arsonist who turned out to be The Arson Inspector charged with investigating the fires."
#10 I grew up there and Woodsy the Owl, and Smokey the Bear were huge celebrities because they thought all the fires (one every other day!) were from people tossing cigarettes from car windows. After his arrest number of fires went down like 80-90%