Not sure, but there is definitely evidence of fire. No one is actually suggesting that burned items were carted in are they? But it is a question that makes me scratch my head because I don’t have an answer. You would think that there would be burned trees, and a lot of them.
the houses burned match exactly with the planned path of the highspeed rail.
You tube shows that houses were destroyed while trees are still green. The whole thing looks like DEW and certainly not a “Camp Fire”.
There are different species of trees and some may have root systems so deep they can stay moisturized, avoid a drought, and survive a lower brush fire. - Tom
Homes and businesses burned because they were made of combustible materials.
The pine trees retain water and if they didn't have any dead branches to catch fire just road it out.
The problem was not trees dead or alive but the bush that acts like tinder and the winds which fanned the flames and spread embers.