The other two people should NOT  have  gone with Mr. Hawkins.  Why?  1. He is taking them into mountainous territory to view the fires, My God, STAY Home.   2.  They are going in a LOW clearance vehicle, sits low to the ground, not designed to be driven on off roads or logging roads.   3.  2-wheel drive vehicle, can get stuck on slippery grass.  4.  NOT prepared for overnight or longer situations.   

We keep reading, and reading, about these types of people who venture out into Nature UNPREPARED.  There should be a LAW against "STUPIDITY"..........Another person is dead because of this.............