I don't blame Bush, Al Gore, or anyone but the arsonist, and the people that live there. I spent three weeks in San Diago last summer. Those houses have trees, shrubs, and brush growing right up against the houses. Every canyon or wash is choked full of dry brush, and trash. The houses are either stick homes, or CBS construction. Anyway they will all burn. If you are going to live in an area like that at least build a fire proof house. It's not hard, and it's not rocket science stuff. It's called Steel reinforced concrete, Earth sheltered, or Monolithic Dome.
Know a lady that lives in the hills above San Diago. About three years ago the Santa Anna wind brought fire right up the mountain she lives on. Fire fighters evacuated the area, and she locked her doors and left. When she returned everything was black, but all her home needed was to be washed off and repainted. She had to replace two windows, they cracked from the heat. But her home did not burn, the fire swept right over it. She did have to relandscape, but that's better than replacing her home.