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Planting a ton of Eucalyptus trees in the 1890s-1910s, that self ignite when they get too dry didn't help matters either. Worst part is those trees were planted for the railroad. Once the tree is smoldering they explode with sticky burning sap.
Holy crow, I had no idea that they secrete a sticky sap when they burn, nor that they were planted for the railroad. I always heard it was because John Steinbeck liked them / made them popular. Do you have a source so I can learn more?