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Old 01-13-2025, 01:07 PM
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If houses are packed in tight, the undergrowth and bushes have to be kept under control. It's nice to have the illusion of living in the wilderness but forest fires are part of the wilderness. In a community of tightly packed houses, once a house fire starts, and there are very strong winds, the houses become the fuel for the fire to spread rapidly (no trees or brush needed). It happened in Colorado a couple years ago. Wiped out an entire housing development. A similar event happened in the Coffey Park fire in Northern California several years ago. Though that was started by the Tubbs fire, once it hit the Coffey Park development it spread rapidly house to house. I think under the right combination of events TV could have a fire disaster.

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