It's interesting that there doesn't really seem to be any actual way to stop the fire from happening. Makes the game feel hopeless, which would be interesting to expand on by making it feel like the player can control the situation at first.
Agree w/ the hopeless vibe. On one hand, the fire will never actually stop no matter how much we intervene. On the other hand, the green bars will always continue to regrow no matter how many times they die at the fire's hands. But that also feels kinda hopeless. To watch everything just die no matter what you do??