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systemic issues like what? the climate?

sure it's the climate, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't be careful.

Zoning, maintenance and education to name some. Around me (dry, forested part of Spain) there are almost no fires, and I think part of that is because everyone here is taught how to handle something that could ignite it during those crucial months, usually when it happens it’s because people from outside the area have no real idea of the consequences BBQ’ing during this time of year

So you arrest them if they plan to BBQ, you do checkpoints and check for BQQ gear, or you just close the area altogether if people can't behave.

If it was not solved before, it still means restrictions must be taken to avoid fires. A mistake from the past doesn't justify being lenient today.

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