[ZOOKER]

But it's a natural process, isn't it? The landscape was scoured by fire every few decades, cleaning out the old growth and renewing the ecosystem, for millennia before man ever arrived.

And are wine grapes and olive trees indigenous to this area, or are they invasive species introduced by man to upset the delicate balance of nature?

< /ecosarcasm >

[glorgau]

There was lots of rain last winter meaning lots of vegetation. It doesn’t rain in the summer meaning lots of tinder dry fuel laying around. Only takes a spark to set it all going.