Some fodder for your scoutmaster minute on why you emptied your canteen on some trail-side warming fire your boys lit ...
http://wvpublic.org/post/update-three-wildfires-ablaze-dolly-sods-wilderness-two-fires-extinguished
Forty years of nutrient litter smolder away in four days. Fortunately limited to just a few acres in a 64 square mile area.
It's a shame, but many folks in these parts take fire risk too lightly, thinking it's a Western problem.