“They’ve gotten denser, they’ve gotten more hazardous and, when they burn, they can burn with ferocious high intensity,” said Scott Stephens, a wildfire researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. That has led to “a pivot” in the public’s …“They’ve gotten denser, they’ve gotten more hazardous and, when they burn, they can burn with ferocious high intensity,” said Scott Stephens, a wildfire researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. That has led to “a pivot” in the public’s …