The problem is not identifying fires. That's the easy part. As I watched the local news last night, I was able to watch (along with the anchors) the real-time g

The problem is not identifying fires. That's the easy part. As I watched the local news last night, I was able to watch (along with the anchors) the real-time growth of the Eaton fire from a tiny fire near the campgrounds into a behemoth. This morning, the local news covered the real-time development of 2 new fires (both were quickly contained). The problem is fighting fires in steep, mountainous terrain filled with dryed out brush and trees when the winds are so strong (hurricane-strength gusts) that you can't provide any air support. The problem is that the winds were so strong last night and this morning that burning embers in the air could fly to and light structures miles away (which is how most of the current fires in Altadena started).