Building experts tell Action News there are roughly 50 ways a fire can burn a house, and eliminating half or more can go a ...

A third of American homes, or about 48 million properties, are at risk of wildfires. Here's how to protect yours.

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home still standing — which the owners credit to fire-resistant features installed during its construction. "Seeing all our friends' and neighbors' houses gone is brutal," Michael Kovac told ...

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Kovac and his wife Karina Maher moved to the Pacific Palisades in the Los Angeles area in 2002 into a 1950s home. They said they deconstructed the existing home, donated the ...

Many of these experts no longer use wood siding. Where it is used, or still allowed, it needs to have a fire-resistant barrier underneath, often made of gypsum, the same material used to make drywall.

With their gel, made of super-absorbent polymers, when the materials are subjected to heat, they convert into a silica aerogel-like foam that ... landscaping, fire-resistant siding, and proper ...

Rigid Foam Insulation: Rigid panels made of polystyrene or polyisocyanurate. These boards are great for basements because ...