I was talking to somebody that lives in an area prone to firea. They said decades ago the forest burned randomly without intervention, and it was less devastating because the next year if a fire started it had no travel path due to burned zones. They suggested that now (to protect homes being built) they do water bomobing on fires, so the fuel just accumulates year after year till a big fire starts and travels through all the fueled areas.

They need controlled burns again, or at least forest floor fuel removal.