In a fire of this magnitude and heat they will likely never know. It started somewhere in the middle of the building so it could have been a trickle charger. Yesterday and ironically I talked to a insurance sales rep who stopped by my shop looking to write me a quote. He was at Country Classics at 5:15 the day of the fire to try and sell them a policy but their gate was closed. He told the person who he spoke to that he would stop back the next day to go over a policy. I said he was damn lucky he did not sell them a policy (though it would not have been in place yet anyway) and he said no, that actually would have been very good for his insurance company to show how quickly and amicably they could have resolved the claim. That would have brought it way more new business than this claim cost. I never thought about it that way but he is totally right. This would have been a marketing landfall for them, unfortunately at Country Classic's cost.
With regards to water, I too am a volunteer fire fighter and we also have a lack of water in many areas which is why we rely so heavily on mutual aid and tanker trucks. They would likely have sucked a small pond dry in a short time. I was actually very amazed at how quickly these fire departments had this fire under control. Shows that they had great communication and team work.
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