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Underneath this rock and went straight out. >> reporter: jones traced the fire to a poorly built campfire ring. what was it about the formation of rocks that made you think something was fishy here. >> there's a large rock that had been propped up by another rock. it looks like this fire is staged to look like a campfire but it was an intentional fire. >> reporter: then jones took a closer look at the ashes and made an important find. >> it's a paper match and i can see clearly the head of it and clearly the stem. i wanted to get closer to it and then i noticed there is a second match directly...

Escaped campfire. >> reporter: she was a rookie investigator but a former police detective, so moments after she arrived jones was certain this was no ordinary fire but a crime scene. forest service worker terry barton was on fire lookout in pike national forest when she spotted a fire. these first moments of the fire proved so critical that investigators asked barton to recreate them on tape. she first tried to smother the flames, then realized she needed backup, fast. the fire erupted and raged out of control. when investigators arrived, they photographed the campfire ring and searched for c...

Emotional trama, carrying it out to the campfire ring and burning it. >> the matches were in my hand with the letter. i put the letter down and i lit it one match -- let the match down, and i watched it, and i sat here until it burned up. >> this moment is key because she's saying how she lit the letter with one match. i say are you sure it was with one match? she said no, i'm sure it was one match and i would have flung it. i found three matches and that to me was a key piece of evidence that disputes what she says is happening here. >> i just wanted to get rid of the letter. it was an emotio...

Tantalizing pieces of a puzzle and had an unlikely hero. >> i'm so new and at the same point in time this was the biggest fire in colorado's history. >> reporter: special agent kim jones. >> i didn't think it was a crime. when i was going there the first day, i was told it was an escaped campfire. >> reporter: she was a rookie investigator but a former police detective, so moments after she arrived jones was certain this was no ordinary fire but a crime scene. forest service worker terry barton was on fire lookout in pike national forest when she spotted a fire. these first moments of the fire...

The fear kept getting bigger when the fire kept getting bigger. >> she then admits that in fact she was responsible for the hayman fire by taking a love letter from her about to be ex-husband in a state of emotional trama, carrying it out to the campfire ring and burning it. >> the matches were in my hand with the letter. i put the letter down and i lit it one match -- let the match down, and i watched it, and i sat here until it burned up. >> this moment is key because she's saying how she lit the letter with one match. i say are you sure it was with one match? she said no, i'm sure it was on...