All well and good, but the recent fires in CA have defied the laws of thermodynamics.  I've fought several "wildfires".  I've stood and watched a dead standing tree burst into flames from RADIANT heat of the main fire several hundred yards away.  WE have seen the aftermath in CA of homes reduced to ASH piles, while green trees, some within 20 ft., remain - green and healthy.  THIS is NOT POSSIBLE.  I don't know how it occurred, I just KNOW it is NOT POSSIBLE.