There is a high risk of wildfires at this time of the year. A frequent cause of wildfire is the local style of "slash-and-burn" agriculture. Farmers take some precautions when they set fire to the areas where they will plant later; however, they don't worry about the mountains, and no effort is made to stop a fire from expanding into the mountain forest. In a discussion about such fires, a typical reply would be: "Well, a fire in the mountains does not matter. We just let it burn." And it does burn, for days, and sometimes for weeks.