> Timber-framed structures do well in earthquakes, and while they catch fire often enough during construction, once fire sprinklers are installed and people liv

> Timber-framed structures do well in earthquakes, and while they catch fire often enough during construction, once fire sprinklers are installed and people live there, serious residential apartment fires in modern construction are really rare. The most recent fire that comes to mind is Grenfell Tower, but it's larger than you'd normally use wood for Grenfell Tower was constructed using pre-cast concrete blocks, and was not timber framed [0]. The devastating fire [1] was due to flammable aluminium composite cladding. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire