It takes one exceptionally dedicated team of super-arsonists to burn a million hectares of cold wet forest. Such a thing has never occurred in history. Weather

It takes one exceptionally dedicated team of super-arsonists to burn a million hectares of cold wet forest. Such a thing has never occurred in history. Weather patterns (hot and dry summer) create the conditions for a fire, an arsonist merely provides the ignition source. In the right conditions a single errant spark from a power tool can set off a giant bushfire. Or an arsonist with a single match.