The wildfire that tore through a Northern California town last year, killing two and destroying scores of homes, was caused by a lumber mill in the area, fire officials said.
Investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection determined the blaze was caused by operations at the Roseburg Forest Products property in Weed, a small city in Siskiyou County.
"Roseburg's priority is to support our neighbors as they rebuild their homes and the Weed and Lake Shastina communities," Pete Hillan, a spokesperson for the company, said. "Today's CalFire report does not change that. We cooperated fully with the investigation and will thoroughly review the report once we have received it."
