Bone-dry conditions, rugged terrain and human carelessness combined to create a 4,000 square metre blaze at UBC Sunday morning.”This was only a matter of time, I guess – last year, hundreds of homes burned down in Kamloops, a city a few hours’ drive from Vancouver. This year’s forest fire season started earlier than last year’s, and spread faster; I couldn’t be sure that it wouldn’t reach the forest near my house. At least “the flames were stopped just 15 metres away from school buildings and a large propane tank” – cripes. Putting that out – that’s bravery.”Still I’m glad I’m not there to see it. I’m awfully attached to that forest; the proximity of my apartment to it is the main reason I paid double the rent I should have paid for three years.