Same with my ex-SIL. He did water down his house that evening. Had the kids, and they were woken up to evacuate immediately. Kids told me how scary. Anyway his house was fine, neighbors was gone. When the wind blows the fires, it’s like tornadoes, the paths twist and turn and devastation is hit and miss.
I went to visit after the fires. Ventura. Ca. There is a park on top of a hill in honor of the mission there in the beginning, with a gigantic cross that wS put there so people could find the mission. Everything was destroyed except for the cross remained standing tall.
Trump just landed in Iowa.
We were told when we had the cabin in the Sierras that Sparks jumped from tops of trees to roofs. Metal roofs were the best prevention.