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To: marktwain

Nothing is fireproof. You can make it highly resistant, but if your landscaping looks like the entrance to the bat cave or a structure close to the house burns there’s a fair chance it will burn.

Everything in my shipping container 30 feet from the burning structure burned my propane tanks 75 feet from a burning structure cooked off.


9 posted on 01/10/2025 9:36:41 AM PST by rey
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To: rey

Perhaps I should have used the term you supply: Highly resistant.

Medieval castles were constructed to be highly resistant.

If they burned, it was because the fire came from the inside.


10 posted on 01/10/2025 9:43:28 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: rey

To make a structure more fire resistant you have to get rid of soffit vents.
The heat from the outside will make the wooden materials inside the soffit/fascia/rafter cavity combust.
This has happened in prior fires even when the exterior materials are all stucco/metal/masonry.

The other factor is removing all shrubs, ornamental and large trees away from the building.

In the Paradise, CA fire almost all the houses had multiple huge trees within 10-15 feet of the houses. If the 100’ high tree hanging over your house ignites, most likely your house is going to burn too.


19 posted on 01/10/2025 10:24:01 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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