I don't know how long ago summers in the west weren't accompanied by smoke and fire. I do know it has been many a year. Too many! So, I have to ask we all do a risk-reward analysis. Maybe YOU didn't start any of those fires, but very often someone has. Yes, I know there's lighting, power lines, etc that also start fires. I've read that nearly 85 percent* of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Some of these fires destroy entire towns and kill people, aside from all the other damage they cause.
If you are somewhere the risk is much less or somewhere fire and smoke haven't consumed every warm month in recent memory, good on you. Go ahead and light your fire. But, I spend most of my time in the US west, and have seen too much of the damage they cause.
Maybe I could understand the urban sticks and bricks folks not "getting it." (well, not really.) But for those of us that are nomads and seek out the free spaces we call boondocks? NO. If anyone should be able to stop and think it through, it should be us. Once the snow melts and the rain stops, I think we need to put our matches away. We will never know what disasters we might be avoiding. But, that's a good thing.