Should this tramper have been fined $300,000 for starting a forest fire?

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Philip Powers was walking in Sycamore Wilderness Canyon, Arizona
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. When US hiker Philip Powers started a fire around a dead tree, in Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, Arizona, he was hoping it would save his life. His plan was to create a signal to alert authorities that […]
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