Having fought brush fires, I know they can be a pain. I never had to do it in canyons. That just makes it worse. It sure sounds like it came from the gun club, either a cigarette or a bullet ricocheting off the right rock.

Love the question at the end!

irresponsible gun owners are a menace.

I'm glad that the fire is out, and they figured left and right is a point of view thing.

Both smoking guns and smoking humans can be a big problem.

Happy they did get it out without any major spreading .Only reason i can see for the naming of the canyons 1 and 2 was when the first exploers came they gave them those designations for directions as an actual name would mean nothing and it just stuck,the locals just never got around to give them an actual name ,\now why do you not start an on line contest for your area to actually name the canyons ,would be interesting to see what comes in for names

Guns are not widely associated with Canada but I live in wild wild west Canada. Most people around here own rifles and shotguns. We already have two gun ranges locally but there is an application to develop a third. They want to attract more city people to come out here to shoot. Ack. I've lived out here for 10 years and have never needed any kind of guns for protection. We aren't allowed to shoot people anyway although we can shoot animals (non-human ones). I'd never shoot an animal so no use for a gun for me. Anyhow, our place is surrounded by farm fields and we've had random shooters in the fields not aware that there is a house here behind the trees. My dogs are scared of gun shots and my horses are out in the pasture behind the trees part of the year, close to the fields where these people are shooting. There is a requirement to shoot no less than 200 meters from a housing area but if they can't see a house behind the trees they don't know we are even here.

Oh, and someone shot one of our coyotes while off our property, and she came back to our property and bled to death. When we found her, we didn't know what was wrong with her and we tried to find help with wildlife services, but she did not make it. She had a gunshot wound to her hindleg. I would never forgive this person who shot a coyote and left her to die slowly from her wounds. She was a member of one of the packs on my property; they are all fully protected by us while on our property but we can't do anything when they are away from our property.

This is on the club 100%.
No range I have used in the last 20 years allows smoking on the range. It’s a hazard. Especially if you are using black powder weapons.
There should have been a range officer and a fire extinguisher for just this sort of thing.

90% of the range fires I have seen were due to tracer rounds shot in tender box conditions.

Why is it the scum of our nation love to play with guns & matches..? Boys, incapable of growing up? Trash, envious of what others treasure? Suicidal misfits ..is my best guess, too scared and arrogant to go alone..

That is just a careless disregard for the environment and wildlife.

We have our problems in Australia but mostly due to weather and inept Bush management.

It makes me sad to see a total disregard for natural habitats.

"a gun nut likely tossed a lit cigarette on litter, starting the fire."

I'd just like to point out that accusations are not proof.

That is all.

Why don't they have fire extinguishers with them?