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heavyset_golast Friday at 9:58 PM1 replyview on HN

> From the recent events in California I have seen many photos of burnt houses with unburnt trees around.

I think some of that can be attributed to the fact that buildings are stationary structures that have ample square-footage for embers to land and cause fires, where as trees have less stationary surface area for embers to land, remain and build into fires.


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notfromherelast Friday at 11:49 PM

also trees are wet inside, houses are not. fresh wood doesnt burn easily