[dvt]

> maybe there is so much luck and randomness involved that it’s hard to generalize

They were hiking in the mountains during a heatwave with already a few fires nearby. The takeaway is "don't be stupid" but I doubt they learned their lesson, because their particular situation was pretty low-key.

[GaryNumanVevo]

This is a pretty uncharitable opinion. The Creek Fire exploded to 130K acres in a couple days, definitely not typical.

[distrill]

It's unfortunately becoming more typical.