These fires were in the mountains and from my understanding no structures were threatened but the fear is always of it growing and spreading to nearby towns.
Rost, There are logging roads to access for ground attack but a lot of the suppression efforts center around air attack. Fixed and rotary wing assets allow for the application of a lot of water on the problem areas.
Fire is great for healthy forests but can be extremely destructive in dense and overgrown, liberally managed stands.
