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At high temperatures, steel loses strength long before melting. By 600 C (~1100 F), steel has lost half of its strength.

• jonahx 11y ago
  But isn't wood turned to ash at 1100F?
  • alricb 11y ago
    Not if it's being kept relatively cool by a layer of carbonized wood (but you need a pretty thick piece of wood for that to happen; naked 2x4s burn like kindling).