There’s no such thing as a fire-proof house, but certain design choices can help protect a home during a wildfire. As the ...

In the wake of recent wildfires, homeowners and builders in the Bay Area and across California are rethinking the ways to ...

cladding types, and innovative construction techniques on fire resistance levels (FRLs). One significant area of research has been the development of novel LSF wall panels that incorporate ...

Shocking aerial photos of the Malibu coastline revealed one mansion that escaped the fire’s wrath despite all others being burned to the ground on either side of it.

For decades, Los Angeles has had some of the strongest building codes for earthquakes and localized fires, but large-scale ...

This airtight construction is one of the reasons the house could withstand a blaze. As Bloomberg reported, the house does not ...