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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by patmcc on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:25PM (#11834616)
With a wildfire there's no point in fighting 99% of it - you fight the edges that are near people/property, try to contain it, and wait for rain and for it to run out of fuel. So of a 1000 sq km fire it may only be a few dozen linear kilometers that are being actively fought.
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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by MAGZine on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:33PM (#11834645)
This is the correct answer.

From a forestry management perspective, you don't want the forest to live forever, and trying to prevent old, dead trees from burning is a nightmare. Let the fire burn, protect the property, and the forest will reseed itself during the fire.

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