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"What Saved The ‘Miracle House’ In Lahaina?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37192915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37192915 Iirc, one of items li
by morkalork 2y ago
"What Saved The ‘Miracle House’ In Lahaina?"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37192915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37192915
Iirc, one of items listed was rocks/gravel surrounding the house on the ground so any embers that landed beside the building had nothing to feed on ignite.
- throw0101a 2y agoDon't even have to go back in time in another state, but even right now in California, "Owner of ‘miracle’ Malibu mansion reveals why he thinks house survived raging fire": > “It’s stucco and stone with a fireproof roof,’’ he said, adding that it also includes pilings “like 50 feet into the bedrock’’ to keep it steady when powerful waves crash into the seawall below it. * https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/owner-of-miracle-malibu-mansion-reveals-why-he-thinks-house-survived-raging-fire/ https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/owner-of-miracle-malib... And you don't need to have a building made out of concrete either, as long as the shell and the surrounding area is not flammable: * https://www.builderonline.com/building/safety-healthfulness/how-to-build-fire-proof-homes_o https://www.builderonline.com/building/safety-healthfulness/... * https://www.nfpa.org/en/education-and-research/wildfire/preparing-homes-for-wildfire https://www.nfpa.org/en/education-and-research/wildfire/prep...