Mark Reichel, the lawyer representing the father and son, told CapRadio that his clients’ homes were searched several times since the fire started and that they are currently being held on $1 million bail. He said the bail seemed unreasonable, considering the Smiths have been cooperating with the investigation since the beginning.

“I'm not aware that they found anything that helps the people's case in any way from the couple of warrants they served,” Reichel said. “So I don't think there was anything they found that I believe in any way that helps them prove that these people accidentally set this fire.”

Reichel added that the Smiths were the ones who first reported the fire to officials when it sparked.

“They were the ones who called in to 911,” Reichel said. “My understanding is the call dropped a couple of times, they kept calling it [and] giving their location where they spotted it, and then warned others in the area.”

Authorities did not provide additional details on how the two men may have started the Caldor Fire and would not release the arrest warrant.

The Caldor Fire burned for 67 days In El Dorado and Amador counties, destroying more than 1,000 structures and forcing 53,000 people from their homes. It was the second fire to burn across the crest of the Sierra Nevada in state history, the first being the Dixie Fire earlier this summer.

Mark Almer lives in Grizzly Flats, the town nearly wiped off the map by the blaze.

“The people of Grizzly Flats, I think they will have some peace of mind knowing that the cause and origin was determined," Almer said. "But I think people have already started to try and move on within the process.”

Almer’s home is still standing, though most of this neighborhood was reduced to ash.