What Caused the Salt Fire in Northern California? Officials Think Vehicle May Be to Blame

What Caused the Salt Fire in Northern California? Officials Think Vehicle May Be to Blame
Flames surround a drought-stricken Shasta Lake during the "Salt fire" in Lakehead, Calif., early on July 2, 2021. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
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By Zaeem Shaikh From The Sacramento Bee

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—U.S. Forest Service investigators are looking for a vehicle that may have caused the Salt Fire, which began Wednesday north of Redding and south of Lakehead.