[snoringbear]

“What if isn’t about people but protected species? Could anything on an endangered list have been wiped out by the fires?” Soooo, presumably, forest fires being a naturaly occuring event for the most part; how is it these endangered species have survived all these thousands of years? Just wondering, lol 😂....

[mewzilla]

Never hurts to ask. Besides, it wouldn’t have to explain all the fires. If someone wanted to rid themselves of an issue, what better way to hide one particular fire than among many.

[El Gato]

Well, urban and suburban developement has probably pushed the endangered, and other, species into smaller areas. In the past at least some would move out of the fire area, or already live outside the fire area. But with less “wild” land, they are now more concentrated, and would not or can not live in the human areas. (Some species do quite well in human modified areas, others not so much)