Kinda hard to muster up "fire" sympathy as the places that are burning have always done so.
"For generations market driven urbanization has transgressed environmental common sense. Historic wildfire corridors have been turned into view-lot suburbs," - from Ecology of Fear by Mike Davis.

time vs inclination
time is taking inclinations bad rap...
people (myself included) often say that they haven't the time.
but really - truly they lack the inclination.