Forest and water resource management are how you minimize the destruction of a fire. It's not like fire danger was this big secret nobody knew about; CA politicians refused to do even the bare minimum to ensure a major disaster like this wouldn't happen. 

The article mentions the Camp fire, which was another disaster caused not by wind, or the local environment, or even by an arsonist, but by a government that prefers to put money and resources into political posturing rather than reducing the potential for fires to spread. And, as usual, after that fire the state put their effort not into doing what was necessary to prevent it happening again, but into placing blame.

Wildfire mitigation isn't an esoteric science; risks and remedies have been known since people have lived in the area (indigenous people knew the necessity of prescribed and/or controlled burns to prevent larger fires). CA "leaders" ignored warnings and failed to take preventive measures, and now pretend there's nothing they could do to stop it. This is blatant buck-passing BS, and a quick "btw we should hold people accountable" at the end of an apologist article isn't making you look any better.