I know you are just kidding, but the risk of wildfires is less this year because the dryer than normal spring did not result in as much grass and brush in most locations.
If it’s less, there should be fewer. We’ll see how many we get.
I’m just fairly convinced that a lot of “wildfires” are due to policies that restrict clearing to reducec the risks of genuine, naturally-occuring (lightning, for example) grassland and forest fires.
Then there are other causes that are not so natural: homeless camps, careless recreationists,..., and my hunch of some firebug on some government payroll.
Fires in Oregon during the summer last year were appearing within hundreds of yards of the same stretch of highway, for example. Too many to spontaneously occur. Human agency causng mayhem during the “protests” is my guess.