>forest fires are more or less inevitable But with wide firebreaks they would become just air pollution nuisance, not an emergency. >because fuel builds up I

>forest fires are more or less inevitable But with wide firebreaks they would become just air pollution nuisance, not an emergency. >because fuel builds up Its fixing the problem at the source, by removing fuel from future fires. A several km zone where nothing is flammable will stop almost all fires.