If a place is no longer safe for some people should the solution be to shut down that place? Or burn down? People lose their business, their job, their home, th

If a place is no longer safe for some people should the solution be to shut down that place? Or burn down? People lose their business, their job, their home, their savings, go into debt, hospitals are full. At some ratio evacuation should be preferred. Of course one wants to stay where one is but if the price is to see that place destroyed in front of your eyes it doesn't seem worth it.