FFires

An old (2016) article from Le Figaro has given me some perspective on the

fire situation as currently experienced in California and some parts of Canada. 

If a forest fire is not controlled after two days in France, we have a catastrophe. 

This is not the case in America because the size of brush fires can be extremely 

large, too large to try to put out directly. Instead, the strategy is to contain the fire 

and let it burn out. Indeed, these counries also practice controlled burns in the 

non-active fire season, in an effort ot limit the amounts of comestible materials. 

As well, some areas are impossible to get near, dangerous canyons and unexplored 

areas.

These is a change in situation, though. A hotter (and windier) climate has made spontaneous 
fires possible year-round. And torrential rains can grow a lot of shrubs. So the battle 
continues, and - as in California at the moment -  international teams of firefighters

need to be mobilized to deal with the numerous and extensive fires of late summer.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2016/08/19/01003-20160819ARTFIG00129-pourquoi-les-etats-unis-sont-aussi-impactes-par-les-incendies.php