Can they blame and sue for negligence the towns that didn't keep a fire-line on their highways out of town? or Towns (and HOA's) that have laws/rules against so

Can they blame and sue for negligence the towns that didn't keep a fire-line on their highways out of town? or Towns (and HOA's) that have laws/rules against some of the best practices [1] for defensible space that the federal government publishes? Those 2 things seem to have done much more damage than a single spark in some dry brush. [1] http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Defensible-Space/ http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Defensible-Space/