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by 01100011 1636 days ago
> Any other combination - not as dry, not as windy, and it would have been a small localized fire.

If what I heard was correct and they're having 110 mph wind gusts, any fire is likely to spread, even in a neighborhood. I agree the open space makes it spread even faster, but with that kind of wind, fire reaches a new level of destruction.