[silverleaf]

luckily we do not have that much open land or forests surrounding our capital - but on the west coast? LA and other CA cities perhaps?

[kristinn]

The area around D.C. is heavily wooded with a lot of older trees because the neighborhoods were developed decades, if not a century ago in some cases. Of course the area is nothing like the vast expanses in the West.

[Never on my watch]

...luckily...?

I think I would like to smoke all of the politicians out of D.C.

[colorado tanker]

There is no risk of western wildfires getting into a major American city.

That said, we do have some suburbs and exurbs in the forest, for example some are in the foothills west of Denver. People have wondered for years what might happen if/when a wildfire would break out in there.