That looks to me like the “after” pictures from the Steiner Ranch fire here in Austin. That woke a lot of people up. In Steiner Ranch, the wooden fences acted

That looks to me like the “after” pictures from the Steiner Ranch fire here in Austin. That woke a lot of people up. In Steiner Ranch, the wooden fences acted like a wick to carry the fire from one house to the next. Embers can travel a mile or more before they set down and can ignite another fire. Anywhere that dried leaves tend to congregate, is also a place where embers will tend to land — and start a fire in the dried leaves that are already there. No guarantees, but you can make your home more resistant to wildfire. See the FireWise.org site.