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Re:California Is Built to Burn by throw0101a on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:18PM (#24693880)
The trees were alive and had moisture, whereas the buildings had dead leaves and pine needles that were dry, so when fire brands/embers landed on them they had lots of kindling.

I'm not sure why firefighters would be shocked as the fire scientists at (e.g.) the USDA Forest Service have been doing research on this for many years:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL_syp1ZScM

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Re:California Is Built to Burn by gamblor956 on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:26PM (#24693927)
Yes, my point was that trees are not the risk, the buildings are.

CA forests are built around wildfires, and have adjusted to them over the centuries. We have not.

(The firefighters were shocked because they weren't expecting the trees in the town to be almost untouched, given the devastation in the surrounding forests.)

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