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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by twothamendment on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:35PM (#14961671)
That depends on where you live. I can't have tress within 30 feed of my house, had to have a fire rated roof, etc. I wasn't going to complain about rules like that, especially with ash and embers raining down last night!

I've seen some very nice houses with tress so close you can reach out the window and touch the trunk. I guess they have another home to go to when that one burns.

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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by sliverstorm on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:02PM (#14963313)
No, I think they just expect firefighters will lay down their lives defending their property, and installing a fire rated roof because you live in a fire zone is "burdensome".

(by abandoned, I meant the firefighters abandon the doomed houses that do not have defensible space)

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