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# Airport Fire started by public works employee, LAist reports
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/airport-fire-started-by-public-works-employee-laist-reports/
- Published: 2024-09-11T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:17:35.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Public Safety, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:66d20ce25555bc000127df55:1

The Airport Fire, just over the hill in Orange County, was started by a "public works employee using heavy equipment to move boulders," [reports LAist](https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/airport-fire-trabuco-evacuation-orange-county?ref=raincrossgazette.com); in California, humans — intentional or accidental — are responsible for 95% of wildfires.