Just saw your tagline...my Dad had an Olds’ 1967 Delmont 88. I think it was a 455 engine. I learned to drive in that thing. Talk about a boat! The front end had to poke through the garage drywall in order to close the garage door.. :-)
Not really. Large timbers burn slow because of the low surface area. And in another thread someone said that the timber are very dry because they were drying for centuries. Wood does not become any drier over many years. They come to an equalibrium moisture content and vary a percentage points up and down with the seasons. I don’t know what equipment the local departments have but a couple of water drops by a helicopter would have put it out.