After close to 15 months of silence, the investigation into last year’s Tunnel Fire was concluded with a six-paragraph news release from the U.S. Forest Service Region No. The result of the investigation, “undetermined,” has continued to ripple through impacted communities in the subsequent weeks, affecting residents who have already had their relationship with the Forest Service tested by the blaze. Matchisrud said after the investigation lasted so long and then concluded the way it did, it’s hard not to feel the Forest Service is hiding something. Within the Forest Service, law enforcement investigations are managed out of the regional offices rather than locally at the district level. That’s not what their insurance company wanted to hear, as it hired a company to wash the walls, fix the windows and clean the floors.

Source: Daily Sun August 08, 2023 13:02 UTC