Government also lies about historical intensity of forest fires as well. I didn't just learn this from a forester I know, he picked up and showed me a forestry

Government also lies about historical intensity of forest fires as well. I didn't just learn this from a forester I know, he picked up and showed me a forestry textbox from 1930s and it talked about 3million acre fires that occurred a lot in the 1800s. You just think fires are more intense because more people live near and around forest and we hear about it via tv and social media due to structures being burned down and insurance rates going up. This is similar to how people thought gun violence and kidnapping was at an all time high in the early 2000s when in fact it was very relatively low but it was always reported in the news.