| - Are we seeing backfires, the original fire, or both?
 - Where exactly are the fire lines?
 
 - Where have planes laid down fire retardant?
 
 - What is the backup defense plan if the fire crosses the lines?
 
 - Under exactly what conditions will aircraft fighting the fire fly or not fly?
 
 - Where are there power or water outages, or are there likely to be?
 
 - Is there a map of major power lines, so we can see which ones the spreading fire might affect?
 
 - What neighborhoods, exactly, are under threat? (Not just which are under evacuation orders.)
 
 - How do fire fighters choose which houses are defensible and which are not?
 
 - What are the most canonical sources of current information?
 
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