The U.S. Forest Service said Monday that the Cerro Pelado Fire which burned over 60 square miles in Sandoval County, New Mexico last year was caused by the agency's own prescribed burn. The investigation found the wildfire in April of 2022 started from an "escaped" prescribed burn where piles were ignited earlier in February. The National Park Service explains prescribed fires as a "treatment for resource benefits or research," which include "lighting a fire in an area for various purposes after careful planning and under controlled conditions." According to a lengthy report from the Forest Service, investigators found an "ash pit with burned woody material," in two, specific an
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