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Okay what about trees, bushes, houses and everything else that's made from flammible material? All of those blow embers in the wind too and can't all be knocked down. Look at what happened in Maui. You don't need a huge national forest to have a devastating wildfire.
Where exactly in the world is this "figured out?" Wildfires happen all over the world.
https://earth.org/largest-wildfires-in-history/
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/climate/greece-wildfires-athens-photos-climate-intl/index.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/17/thousands-forced-to-evacuate-as-wildfires-rage-in-western-turkey
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/12693/fires-in-southeast-asia