Sure, like the Desolation of Smaug. But that's a situation in which there's a buffer area and danger zone, and everyone but the dwarves know to stay the eff away.

A modern dragon would be more like a virus or cancer that infects everything around them, making it almost impossible to get away at times (or most of the time). Like an invasive weed network with its root system undermining everything below ground, while things seem 'normal' up above.

So, frankly, the dragon analogy kind of breaks down at some point.