Yes I see this similarly to the way that we talk about how a forest fire was "caused" by PG&E, or an improperly extinguished camp fire or errant lit cigarette.

Yes I see this similarly to the way that we talk about how a forest fire was "caused" by PG&E, or an improperly extinguished camp fire or errant lit cigarette. It's the years of accumulation of dry timber and brush that makes the fire even possible, it could have been any number of things that starts it burning, one just happened to come first.