Teen Who Started Eagle Creek Fire Ordered to Pay $36.6 Million

by Charles MudedeMonkey see? f00sion/gettyimages.com
Of course, the kid who sparked the wildfire that destroyed huge sections of the Columbia River Valley in September can't pay all of that money back! Many Americans don't make a mill after a whole lifetime of work. And you must be at the very top of the one percent for that kind of money, $36 million, to impact you in the way $3,600 would impact an ordinary American.The itemized charges that add up to the total cost of the fire are as follows: