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California is demanding the parents of two kids who started a 2020 wildfire pay more than half a million dollars after their actions led to mass evacuations. 

In June 2020, the 'Skyline 3' fire in Jamul burned more 100 acres and was started by the unidentified children who were on a camping trip with their parents. 

The kids, who were unsupervised at the time, started playing with the campfire and the flames quickly spread to surrounding brush and vegetation. 

In a lawsuit filed this week by California Attorney General Rob Bonta's Office, the state is looking for 'Nathan S.' and 'Joy S.' to pay $675,000 for the damage caused. The last names of the parents were not released.

'Joy S. and Nathan S. negligently supervised one or more of their minor children transferred the campfire to an adjacent vegetated area,' the lawsuit states. 

The lawsuit comes almost three years after the fire broke out in Jamul - located around 20 minutes east of San Diego - on June 11. 

According to officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the blaze started around 1pm on Skyline Truck Trail. 

In total, the fire burned for three days and ate up 100 acres in the Lawson Valley. 

Throughout the three-day course of the wildfire, fire helicopters repeatedly were forced to grab water from nearby lakes and drop them over the blaze. 

The fire came dangerously close to homes at times. 

Bonta's Office's non-conformed lawsuit seeks $675,000 from the parents for failing to

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