if CA polititians/administrators hadn't handed out (for money passes to developers to over build in known fire-hazard paths, none of this would be causing houses be burnt. Mismanagement, nothing else. As for leaves/foilage left on ground; though in wild areas that is true doing so in urban areas (already developed is incompatible with development and asking for disasters. (for the little critters too .when their habitats are consumed in larger areas because no wildfire prevention is practiced.