The US actually has higher rates of fire fatalities than other, denser OECD countries. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v12i8.pdf https://www.

The US actually has higher rates of fire fatalities than other, denser OECD countries. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v12i8.pdf https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v12i8.pdf If the current zoning regulations are an attempt to have people not die in fires, they’re not working that well.