That would have been what they should have done, yes. But that would have required they pick some 10-30 million dollar mansions -- dozens if not hundreds of them -- and bulldozed them. The DEI fire chief would never allow that, the mayor would never sign off on it, Newscum would never allow it, and the private security forces those mansions have would have shot them if they tried.
Instead, they let it burn and left it all to random chance. Because it's the dumbest fucking thing possible to do, but it also removes all responsibility from the people involved.
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Copycat arson seemingly confirmed by the locals.