Re Fires
U have the exact same problem in Australia….Mellons will not allow scrub clearance….the Mellons also build houses in the fire risk outback and can’t afford/buy insurance…so when they get burn’t out they swceam and swceam and then the government uses taxpayers money to rebuild for them…until the next time and so on etc.
Even worse fire is a natural occurrence, some trees self combust and the only way to stop the fires spreading is clearance…but not according to the Mellons.