Investigators are piecing together the cause of the wildfire that claimed 11 lives, destroyed thousands of structures, and may be linked to a smaller blaze just days earlier.

The forest service investigation included photos of the Yellow Lake Fire burn area such as the one above. The photo is not ...

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They can range in size from tiny specks to larger chunks. What are they capable of? While many people might have seen stray embers rise from a campfire and even had one land on them, the embers ...

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Its flames wreaked an inflation-adjusted $12.4 billion in losses, the NFPA reported. The blaze spanned over 153,300 acres, razing 18,800 homes, buildings and commercial properties, per CalFire.

Police said on Thursday that a criminal investigation had been launched into Wednesday’s blaze at Cape Otway in the state’s south-west, after investigators pinpointed the campfire as the cause.

Investigators from Forest Fire Management, Colac CIU and the Victoria Police arson and explosives squad have found the blaze spread from an unextinguished campfire which had been abandoned.

Investigators from Forest Fire Management, Colac CIU and the Victoria Police arson and explosives squad have found the blaze spread from an unextinguished campfire which had been abandoned.