Thousands of Acres Blackened

"But those who survived the purges hailed Stalin as a supreme genius..."

Frantically, desperately, loudly, and fearfully.

Howdy, nighttypes. This afternoon, we drove up to see the damage done by the grassfires, and it was tremendous. Thousands of acres blackened. Many places, you could see it got really close to homes. The huge ranch that burned has a sizable herd of wild horses. At one point, they were reported desperately fleeing the flames. Don't know how they fared.

Don't know how this one got started, but a couple was just arrested for starting a grassfire back in February in the same area, and they're are looking for a couple of accomplices. Considering conditions, and the potential for people to be killed, I'd think they could at least charge them with something like attempted manslaughter? Or just hang them, that would work for me.