What causes homes to catch fire during a wildfire? 

I'm building a home in Tennessee out of steel. The roof and the siding. I've already lost everything to fire. Building a pond next to it with solar powered irrigation system that I'm putting around the house. Next will be the tornado shelter. Global warming is real y'all.

I honestly didn't think about embers entering through gable vents. Wow.

Seems to be a lot of experts on this subject here..*EYE ROLL*

What caused homes to catch fire? Are you kidding! All the houses in the neighborhood are made out of wood and cardboard, literally.

This video COULD have been 15 seconds long, all you had to say in answer to the video title is *"HEAT! wood burns at around 400 degrees F & that's what houses are made out of...so there, now you know whats behind the cause of fire burning houses."*

Colorado here There is such a thing as a fire proof home. it is just difficult to build because of too much red tape and overzealous individual s wanting control of everything.

I don't get why they can't build houses out of bricks and/or concrete like in Europe, with mostly ceramic roof tiles, yeah it may cost more for your standards/take a little longer to build, but if done well it holds up way better through the years and simply doesn't burn, nor easily falls apart at every tornado that passes, they aren't perfect, but they'd sure do better at facing these kind of events. If you want use thick wood just for the roof structure like it's done here in Europe, if the fire is strong enough yeah it may burn, but since your ceiling below is also made with bricks/concrete/metal it will stop the fire from easily spreading down into the living quarters, therefore greatly limiting the damage, your living area acts kind of like a capsule. If it's a work well done even if your roof were to collapse, your ceiling should resist, or at least limit the damage. Even if the fire managed to enter your house and everything inside burns, the structure itself will survive, now sure it will look like a blackened empty shell afterwards, but at least that won't literally burn to the ground leaving basically nothing but cinder. It's also a good solution for tornadoes and hurricanes, yeah the roof may fly away and if the wind's strong enough your windows may explode but it's highly unlikely that it will be strong enough to make the house collapse completely. Also in the case of a hurricane with annexed floods, the water will surely mess up your house badly, but at least it's unlikely it will be swept away like something made of wood, plywood and drywall. I don't get it personally, having houses built like this could save millions if not billions of $ in damage every year.

Yes Build with Fireproof materials and architecture.

“Building resilient doesn’t have to price people out”……….just getting housing price’s people out!

Cheap windows the side will melt and the window will fall out and the house will burn from the inside out.

I lived in Colorado for over 20 years. Now I'm in SC

Interesting how some homes seem to start fire on the inside...

If a home is of 100% non-combustible materials then it is fireproof. Problem is that we have not figured out how to make this affordable...yet.

when are people going to start building precast concrete homes that the various parts bolt together like precast tunnel lining sections.. including roof panels.. wood and conventional construction inside the fireproof and tornado resistant home shells.. steel frame multi layer thick windows..

wood homes in fires & flood. but they dont try concrete homes.

In the paradise fire a lot of the houses had roofs with clay tiles painted with an aluminum base designed to be fire resistant. It will only burn when saturated with a flammable material. Bricks can't burn because thats how there made. And if the house burns to the ground, the trees next to it should atleast have some damage.

The embers get in the attic, this is what happened in Malibu. The attic were on fire long before the house burnt to the ground.

I get how it spreads by embers. But where did the very first spark come from?

Is it gonna catch over to the other urea scared about I keep hearing song to my house next-door so why did escape

Wildfire Sprinklers would help a lot, WET house burns less then dry one...

We need fireproof shingles and siding.

03:36 People have been able to build fireproof structures for thousands of years.

In England, 99.9% homes are made of bricks and have been for hundreds of years. In a place with no fires. But places where fires are common are made of wood and cardboard?

Reinforced Concrete Geodesic Dome

2:04 standard materials and practices vs. best materials and practices - at roughly the same cost, if not less!

They need to sweep the floors of the woods. (According to trump)

Speaking of being cheaper to build, simply taking action on climate change would be much cheaper, and better. Stop using coal, oil, and natural gas. Introduce a cap and trade system. Build up renewables, nuclear power, energy storage, EV charging infrastructure, and provide subsidies for people and businesses to buy EVs.

I'm guessing the wild fire is the reason homes catch fire during "WILD FIRES" . And if homes get flood damage during a flash flood the cause of the damage will be the flash flood! But if a home fall's over during an earthquake? The damage will be due to the driveway not being sealed correctly.

Brink siding w/ slate or tin roof would have saved the homes - maybe a lawn sprinkler

Heat causes fire

Maybe the answer is to start building underground in fire and tornado areas.

Hmmmm, think it could perhaps be the fire?

He didn't blink.Obviously a salesperson

Heat!

DIRECTED ENERGY.

Jacque Fresco built fireproof houses in the 70s look him up

it can be done to be fireproof except it is expensive to build.

Accumulation of ember showers

Not seem like wildfires burned up several blocks of homes long ago, what changed.

Now let me see - what causes a house to catch fire during a wildfire? Could it be the fire itself?

Clay shingles and Stucco siding. I wonder if the Mork and Mindy house is okay?

crime of constructors

Well houses in the USA are built with flammable materials. Should be illegal. Try concrete for a change.

Do y'all not realize what fire is

Duh, we build ‘em out of burnable shit!

homes half of millions $ prices gone as a trash

Probably from the concrete around the house catching on fire first.

Hoping governments heed IIBHS and NIST building science data for new building codes, starting with neighboring Superior and unincorporated Boulder County.

Wrap homes in aluminum foil

P.G.&E. Smart Meters.

So cool,

Hysterical 🤣😂 This title is stupid !!

Wow, so it's the fire that causes the home to catch fire. Big thank you to 9News Corporation for this engaging and informative video essay.

Fire

I didn't watch. Is it the heat and flames?

now we know how to fire proof a home. how about making a house tornatoe proof?

Um it starts with a small flame !!!

I do like it that wildfires now only burn houses and cars with all the trees and pine trees still standing in the ash pile.

That rock mulched, plain Jane gray side was just so attractive. That’s it! Everyone should start building their homes as drab as possible, no plants, trees, grass, mulch or yard ornaments anywhere near it. Maybe just concrete or asphalt your yard. Aesthetics obviously mean nothing.

ANSWER: DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONS!

I'm guessing heat can cause it!😁

Well water will do the job

Fire causes the house to catch fire.

What causes a home to burn in wildfire? They are built in the wilderness!

Ummmmm fuel feeding a fire? 🤷‍♀️

Wait,is this title a sick joke???You have got to be kidding.Whats your next documentary...What Makes the Oceans Wet"???

This looks like something Tom Scott could have made a video about.

Timber, timber shall create your ash ashler shall stand up for you

Fury of fire God

*probably fire idk*

Step 1: Don't live in wildfire risk areas

DEW

Stop planting pine trees and build out of brick. Problem solved.

Liar!! Its called Direct Energy Weapons!!

Embers my ass lol. Keep guessing

Look how long it takes to burn, anyone even a grandma could put that out if she did not evacuate.

Ah yes, that’s why we use “kindling” to start a fire. So sad. My heart goes out to Boulder Colorado

Lol ppl really need an explanation from media? Really???? Lololol

The arsonist who set the fire is what causes a home to catch fire.

Is this a f ing joke. Let’s go Brandon

But but but ....the trees are fine

Well it😂 could be flame 😅

DEW