The suspect asked ChatGPT to create a "dystopian painting" months earlier.
The man will also get home detention and pay $156,000 in restitution and fines.
A perfect storm of atmospheric rivers and drought since 2022 gave way to a sea of flammable brush.
The SuperScooper Quebec 1 has been grounded from the damage.
30,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders.
