They glossed over the “wood is viewed as fire prone” thing and I can’t find the article posted to HN a few months back which discusses it further. The gist was

They glossed over the “wood is viewed as fire prone” thing and I can’t find the article posted to HN a few months back which discusses it further. The gist was wood protects itself with an insulating layer of charcoal as it starts to burn, and it maintains its strength when heated much better than steel, which starts to bend and cause a cascade failure.