I hope the overall damage caused by the fires isn't too massive. Still, as long as the government keeps it's promise of helping out people and companies it'll be relatively okey I think.

I also hope they catch the people that started these fires, as I've heard they think at least 2 of them weren't natural fires..

Cheers

The "natural fires" are rumored to have been started by downed power lines. Will they finally get rid of these silly wooden beams and use a real powerline? Or maybe bury the lines underground ?

The damage is supposed to be moderate- worst wildfire we've had in this region but less than what happened in other disaster areas, e.g. Kathrina. It's a good thing that so few lives were lost.

Marco: I was told that one of the fires started by an exploding transformer (those big trash-can things on the polls). Another was a house fire.

As far as I know, the "silly wooden beams" didn't start falling down until after they caught fire.