I know I'm not safe, from Last year when a nearby house caught fire. It lit up in a windstorm which partially destroyed that house, completely destroyed the house next door, and lit multiple fires in the area, my trees included. Me and several other people spent the next 6 hours running around putting out little flare ups in the neighborhood while the firefighters tackled the two houses. My daughter lives on the other side of town and she said all she could see outside was embers carried by the wind everywhere.
Really pushed home how easily things can go south in a heartbeat. The saving grace that there wasn't much MUCH more damage was the fact it had been drizzling all day so everything was wet and harder than usual to ignite. If it wasn't for the rain I know my house would be gone, and quite a few others around here too.