We have real nightmare-ish fires here....and we have had them right close to our house. Creepy to sit in the backyard at night and watch the mountains burn....a mile away.
About 10 yrs ago we had a really bad one. There was a "fire storm" 1/8th of a mile from the back of my property. A "firestorm" is tornado of fire.
Now I wish I would have let my husband burn-off the pasture last winter. It's waist-deep in dead weeds. I wish I could turn the horses out there, but I have to have new fencing put up. $$$$$$$$$$$$