Rain makes fall fires worse in So Cal. Tall grass grows in the mountains then dries and burns hot and easy. Been like that forever. There were fires yearly with bad ones every few years. Go watch old CHIPS reruns and you will see fires in the distance as they were building the 118. There just wasn't as many people living 1n the fire areas. Now its gotta be impossible for firefighters to protect places as homes have been built all throughout what used to just burn. The strange thing to me is the timing of the start. Sylmar started as Edison made a big deal about power shutdowns and walla! New draconian gun laws! Funny how that works. If you can't make millions off fires from the feds, at least they still work for political cover. As for all the people that bought houses where the wildfires rule... Suckers!!!