[Piotrsko]

Part of the LA disaster is caused by growing very flammable things near to or against against the house. A juniper flames the same rate as a hlowtorch and unless you constantly remove the icky dead center is easy to light. Second place is to remove the cheepo cellulose insulation in the attic, install fire rated vent screens and stucco the outside or re do it in Mansfield cement siding. Loose the cedar shingle roof. Loose the 50 year old asphaltic roofing. There are examples of solitary houses all over this fiasco that didn't burn