Earlier he says that the fuel density is now 5x that of earlier years.
https://youtu.be/vda9aFhBrjIAround 30 min in he says that 60 percent of CA forest is federal and has been off limits to logging for years. The logging roads served as firebreaks but no longer. He also said that the logging companies had to clear under power lines as part of the deal.
He also said that people wanting to clear brush in the canyons had to do studies and pay lawyers and can be held up by any of several agencies.
Some or all of the outside firefighters coming in had to go to Sacramento to get papers to allow them to fire fight.
https://youtu.be/UxnC1WW95XE LAFD: "Design For Disaster" - The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration | 1962
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This 1962 documentary film produced by the Los Angeles Fire Department, describes the historic Bel Air / Brentwood wildfire that started on November 5, 1961 in the Bel Air community of Los Angeles. Over the course of three days, the wind-driven fire destroyed 484 homes, damaged 190 others, and burned over 16,000 acres. Amazingly, there was no loss of life attributable to the blaze.
The then $30 million disaster led to new laws in the City of Los Angeles to eliminate wood shingle roofs, and to clear dry brush away from homes. The film is narrated by actor William Conrad.