Forest Service Employee Charged With Starting Colorado Wildfire

On June 8, Barton, 38, was patrolling the Pike National Forest southwest of Denver, enforcing a fire ban that had been put into effect because of the severe drought.

But she broke the law herself at a deserted campsite, torching a letter from her estranged husband and dropping the burning note in a campfire ring. Instead of dying out, the flames spread out of control.

How could anybody be that hypocritical? Even worse, how stupid do you have to be to not be able to successfully burn a letter without starting a forest fire?