California has dry weather, vegetation that can burn. When a strong wind comes, the tiniest fire can spread like crazy. This can happen anywhere in theory; it i

California has dry weather, vegetation that can burn. When a strong wind comes, the tiniest fire can spread like crazy. This can happen anywhere in theory; it is just that the annual Santa Ana winds have met up with the dry conditions and the endless fires started by humans and the power company. All these problems can happen anywhere, bad power company, human started fires. Who knows if new weather patterns will happen that lead to repeatable strong winds for days at a time. The polar vortex seems to be a more recent common phenomena, other weather patterns can change, this can happen anywhere.