I worked with a guy who worked in Eastern Washington before he came to us. He was a city firefighter in Yakima. He told me some stories. They sent him and his crew out to protect a farm outside of town. They did prep work in case the fire came their direction. They were not feeling very concerned.
It gets windy there and he said that it was just moments between the time they noticed the fire coming toward them, and then it just blew right over them. He said all they had time to do was deploy their survival bags under the fire engine. Moments later when they were able to get out from under the engine it was totaled and the farm they were suppose to be protecting was just a bunch of burning garbage.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/us/paradise-california-before-after-photos-trnd/index.html
before and after photos...