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Originally Posted by ted
Houses with no eves to catch the heat and no side yard fences attached to the house did better during that fire.
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I think houses can be built to be much more fire resistant than the typical SoCal house. Fire-resistant cladding like cement board (Hardie), no eaves or fire resistant eaves w/o vents, fire-resistant roof material, appropriate landscaping. Any info on how much this helps in actual practice?