We could not have stopped this. It was a haystack 20 years in the making, un haying it would involve 2 years of non-stop work from every fire-break maker, logger, etc.
I am mad as hell that nothing happened on 11/11 except a bunch of talk, but knowing the fires would happen and being able to prevent them are two different things.
You can't protect a haystack from 1000 lighters, 900 of which are intentional. It is impossible.