Wildfires are bad or good?

People keep building multimillion dollar mansions out in the middle of the woods, and want their investments protected from the fires. The fires are good for the forest, but the forest doesn't pay taxes, and doesn't complain when it burns to the ground. I feel for those who lose their homes, I really do. Home is where the heart is, and to lose your home to fire is devastating. But, to an extent, don't build homes in the middle of notoriously dry forest and you won't have to worry about it.