In an interview published on Wednesday by the TV news outlet KCRA, Mr. Smith, 65, said he had been using a small power saw to cut scrap metal on Monday when the fire ignited. “I turned around, and all of a sudden I just I noticed fire was behind me,” Mr. Smith told the news outlet. Mr. Wachter said winds had been relatively calm this week but could pick up slightly in coming days and make firefighting more challenging. “We’ve had that air-conditioning effect at times,” which has slowed the process of making vegetation especially flammable, Mr. Wachter said. The post One Killed in Fire Started by Man Who Said He Accidentally Lit Blaze appeared first on New York Times.