What causes homes to catch fire during a wildfire?
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2021
- Cory Reppenhagen has a look at how embers accumulate, causing homes to catch fire. He also has tips on how to make your home more resistant to wildfires.
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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.
Sweet so when it gets hit by lightning instead you'll just fried to death immediately and everything inside will burn and kill you from smoke inhalation. The rust should be alight in about 20 years too when the heavy ass house collapses due to you not knowing there is a bunch of rotten steel lol
🙏🙏🙏
Steel dont help against Direct energy weapons! It will just melt
I honestly didn't think about embers entering through gable vents. Wow.
Here’s an idea, build shutters over the vents that the homeowner can activate when there’s a wildfire. It shouldn’t be hard to figure this out.
Seems to be a lot of experts on this subject here..*EYE ROLL*
Yeah, people study this for a living. There's plenty of evidence. Plenty. Wildfires have been going on for decades and have been getting worse every year. Unfortunately, lots of homes have been destroyed by wildfires.
@@Feintgames I'm talking about the keyboard jockeys who think they have all the answers. Not the people who actually study in this discipline. It's not a straight forward "do THIS and it will never happen" scenario. The reality of fire has been with us since the beginning.
Wait till the conspiracy nuts
What caused homes to catch fire? Are you kidding! All the houses in the neighborhood are made out of wood and cardboard, literally.
The homes built here are built with crap labor and crap contractors.
And all the trees that do not burn...wake up. Dew arson.
@@misterwait806 yes sir
@@misterwait806 what are you talking about?
@@RealMTBAddict they think the government are using energy weapons on the people. Because they find it weird that the houses are all burnt but the trees are still standing
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.
@Wreck and Carey it is not the info that is hard to come by, it is the process of building when over zealous bureaucrats prevent such construction due to being locked in a system of greed
@Wreck and Carey you really shouldn't, I won't be sharing that info, not here at least.
@Wreck and Carey for now ,my family is fine, thank you.
I pray you and yours are doing well.
With this current tragedy that happened I know pains will be coming sooner to many families that have already been struggling with pains from the cough cough fiasco . But these pains are growing pains and it is something we will all experience.
Take care and thank you once again
@Wreck and Carey I can tell you that the authorities will create more policies and restrict more innovations if it does not line the "right "pocket of certain groups.
@Wreck and Carey I understand "ty"but what is "yw" thanks
“Building resilient doesn’t have to price people out”……….just getting housing price’s people out!
Get a job and work hard and buy a house.
@@jasonswift7098
Lots of hateful assumptions are loaded in your comment, you might want to check and see if you’ve still got a heartbeat pal.
@@enigmathegrayman2953 It was a factual comment.
@@jasonswift7098
Where did you get your facts? How much have you studied on the subject? How many people do you know that are house buying hopefuls that are employed and working hard? Is your only frame of reference people who’ve been homeowners for years that tell the young workers they aren’t working “HARD ENOUGH” or they simply need to get employed and go to school and make good grades and everything will be ok? You seem to be out of touch, and a bit stubborn to the plight of this current young worker generation.
@@enigmathegrayman2953 Go and get a job you dero.
wood homes in fires & flood.
but they dont try concrete homes.
Cheap windows the side will melt and the window will fall out and the house will burn from the inside out.
Interesting how some homes seem to start fire on the inside...
@Brute Better, I think the heat from the fire is transferred thru the glass and ignites the curtains. We don't think about curtains igniting in a fire since they are inside the house.
These embers seem to totally miss a patch of trees and hit a house.
Shhh--don't tell the insurance company. (Just kidding; this is a good point!)
Fire goes threw the air vents
Bingo!!!!!!! I have been saying the same thing!!! How and why from inside?
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 was in Malibu for that fire. Broke my heart. Made an expert.
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..
A house like that would be nearly impossible to vent during a fire, if there were something like a kitchen fire the house would turn into a blast furnace in minutes. It would be harder to cut holes in the roof, use windows for ventilation or entry/extraction, plus people probably aren't willing to buy houses like that. The main problem with wildfires burning down houses is there's more people moving closer to high risk areas.
i hate to see the earth go bad, i would like to go to mars or venus :)
@@JayyT664 are you aware that Venus has a typical atmosphere temperature of 700°F-800°F? Mars hits -200°F
@@aydenburris8631 okay so whats the planet out of earth we could all move to?
@@JayyT664 there is none. Earth is the only known planet we can live on
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.
@Messer Schmidt Sure, Houses with brick burn with unscathed trees all around them. Aluminum car rims gone but plastic shopping carts right next to it unmelted. Wind direction can move a fire but not make it choosy. And why is facebook taking down certain videos of fire footage?
@Messer Schmidt Do you know how smart meters work and why people were against them. Start a back burn on a windy day as an excuse to make people evacuate then remotely overload peoples homes until catch fire. Yes I know you think your Government loves you as a child and would pet your head and tell you everything is all right. They also locked you down because they really want to keep you safe. Wear your little paper mask and get your pokies. We don't wanna have to use force now. A man can be a woman and a woman a man and we'll ruin you if don't comply. Eat your fast food and wash down your prescription pills. Their not only good for you their nummy, nummy. Never think, never question, always obey. Weakness is power, freedom is slavery, go back to sleep.
@Messer Schmidt What do you mean clearly? How many people do you meet on the net that fight wild fires? I am the 3rd generation of my family to live in my house. 3 years ago the city I live in did work on all the storm drains. About 6 months after the project was complete it rained and 300 homes got flooded including mine. I've seen heavy rains over the years and when you end up with standing water in your yard and notice the storm drains taking on water at a slower pace then it has years prior you begin to suspect your city of making climate change more than it is. When wild fires become a trend it first makes me look at the those in charge of land management not cleaning up brush, dry fallen trees and high grass during a dry season. Because of climate policies controlled back burns have been halted in some areas. It seems many states are adopting California policies of not cleaning parks, limiting the amount of trash they will allow a person to throw away, and piles of human shit. And I will also suspect arson either from an evil citizen or a paid government worker helping push the Unite Nations narrative that people should be forced to live in NYC style habitats in micro apartments where procreation is regulated and consumption is rationed. There is more than 1000 years of reasons why I don't trust Government. The 20th century alone should be enough for people to be paranoid.
@Messer Schmidt Really? No opinion on all the other things I said? Just one of those city workers waiting on your pension doing what your told. I'll bet you loved the riots. watching peoples businesses go up in smoke. Being told to stand down for equality like the cops were?
@Messer Schmidt If your not a firefighter then I can only assume your a serial arsonist paid by contract. Please elaborate.
I lived in Colorado for over 20 years. Now I'm in SC
Wise decision
ok
Yes Build with Fireproof materials and architecture.
Heat!
So cool,
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.
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.
I get how it spreads by embers. But where did the very first spark come from?
The News said, it was caused by downed power lines, and its so dry in Colorado it just started so fast.
For example a chunk of metal, an iron nail, anything metal being blown from a building and striking a rock can cause a spark. Metal being blown down a path or road can send sparks flying into the brush
@@Skylizard-vb7wl So what about the Arson on Cu east campus and The one in Ken caryl in the same week? Didnt think to research anything, just listen to kyle clark...smh
The high winds caused the power lines to snap and they probably were on the ground near dry bushes or grass.
@@Feintgames the power company confirmed today that no lines were down. Our local news corrected the mistake but now the false story is being spread
Is it gonna catch over to the other urea scared about I keep hearing song to my house next-door so why did escape
We need fireproof shingles and siding.
we have them, Hardieplank composite siding, stucco, brick, stone, porcelain tile, metal sheeting products…… and equally effective roofing materials.
@@blueman5924 Yep, I think I will replace my shingle roof with metal after seeing the winds in Colorado. Cheers.
Terra Cotta
@@thisorthat7626 Biggest thing I've seen actually save California houses is having a large fire line. Keep fuel away from your house. If you have mulch for landscaping switch to some gravel. Have a few thousand gallons of water storage and a gas powered water pump. If you have a long driveway or live on roads that are 1 way in/out prepare for them to be blocked. Also talk to some wildfire insurance companies. If they won't cover you, or offer obnoxiously expensive quotes, you'll know you're in danger.
@@-darrell The idea of gravel around the house makes so much sense. Thank you. That I can do, not so much the other suggestions.
Heat causes fire
2:04 standard materials and practices vs. best materials and practices - at roughly the same cost, if not less!
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."*
I think you need much hotter temperatures than that.
@@jpaxonreyes well I put a frozen pizza in the oven on a cutting board thinking it was a pizza stone (the lighting was poor because it was that measly bitch assed oven light I used & I was stoned off my ass) & set the temp to 400 degrees & I came back up about 20 min later & it was on fire in there with smoke just starting to come out of there attempting to piss off my smoke detectors.
@@thrawthingalbyeblathingal370 - hahahahahahaha! huh, that's weird.
@@jpaxonreyes yea hahaha its pretty funny where your brain digs up its knowledge sometimes but I swear to god; that is a true story.
He didn't blink.Obviously a salesperson
Clay shingles and Stucco siding.
I wonder if the Mork and Mindy house is okay?
Mork and Mindy are fine. This fire never got near that part Boulder.
crime of constructors
03:36 People have been able to build fireproof structures for thousands of years.
But they haven't been willing to do so.
Reinforced
Concrete
Geodesic
Dome
DIRECTED ENERGY.
Maybe the answer is to start building underground in fire and tornado areas.
Yeah but what if there’s a flood! With climate change you just don’t know anymore!
Brink siding w/ slate or tin roof would have saved the homes - maybe a lawn sprinkler
Wildfire Sprinklers would help a lot, WET house burns less then dry one...
Hoping governments heed IIBHS and NIST building science data for new building codes, starting with neighboring Superior and unincorporated Boulder County.
Not seem like wildfires burned up several blocks of homes long ago, what changed.
Its lack of logging..
Hysterical 🤣😂
This title is stupid !!
Hmmmm, think it could perhaps be the fire?
it can be done to be fireproof except it is expensive to build.
homes half of millions $ prices gone as a trash
Do y'all not realize what fire is
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.
I think the point is, we need to upgrade our homes. You live in a flood zone, you should have your house on stilts. You live in an areas with tornadoes, you need to have a basement. You live near a dried up forest, you should use different materials to protect your house from wild fires. It's common sense.
@@ginadelsasso288 yeah I was kidding
Accumulation of ember showers
Wrap homes in aluminum foil
They need to sweep the floors of the woods. (According to trump)
Why are you mocking Trump? He made a point and he is proven to be right.
homes stay very close to each other and made of plywood, sticks, plastic and shit... that's why this has happened. a house from bricks and ceramic roof tiles is very different
now we know how to fire proof a home. how about making a house tornatoe proof?
tomato proof? that's easy!
Fire
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.
@Wreck and Carey Electric vehicles
Jacque Fresco built fireproof houses in the 70s look him up
P.G.&E. Smart Meters.
Fury of fire God
I didn't watch. Is it the heat and flames?
Now let me see - what causes a house to catch fire during a wildfire? Could it be the fire itself?
Watch the video. They explain how the materials the house is built from make a huge difference in whether the fire causes the fire or not. Also, some people think houses catch fire from direct contact with fire, like in a grill or campfire. But most houses that burn catch fire from the embers.
Duh, we build ‘em out of burnable shit!
Um it starts with a small flame !!!
Well houses in the USA are built with flammable materials. Should be illegal. Try concrete for a change.
Probably from the concrete around the house catching on fire first.
This looks like something Tom Scott could have made a video about.
or The Weather Channel.
Timber, timber shall create your ash ashler shall stand up for you
I'm guessing heat can cause it!😁
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.
Well water will do the job
DEW
Fire causes the house to catch fire.
Ummmmm fuel feeding a fire? 🤷♀️
Embers my ass lol. Keep guessing
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.
Lol
It's the embers actually, not the fire. Not a lot of people realize this. They think the fires are far away or contained by a river and they are safe. But the strong winds generated by large fires can send embers very very far, across rivers even. And if your house is made from the wrong materials, it can be very sensitive to embers.
@@Feintgames still, how do embers set houses on fire? Stucco walls and ceramic roof tiles don’t catch fire. These homes must have wood sidings and flammable roof tiles. If attic vents are the problem then there should be a smart engineering solution for that. Like shutting the attic vents during wildfires. It seems like it isn’t hard to figure out.
*probably fire idk*
Lol ppl really need an explanation from media?
Really???? Lololol
Lol agreed
ANSWER: DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONS!
The arsonist who set the fire is what causes a home to catch fire.
Step 1: Don't live in wildfire risk areas
The risk areas are much larger than you'd think. For example central California is listed as "low risk." Basically everything else is moderate or high risk.
@@-darrell People that want to live in California in general are insane or just rich. The whole state is a disaster lol. Nobody ever talks about where I live it's so quiet.
@@StarInfinite00 That's quite a generalization. Do ya think everyone in California is a liberal, too?
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.
Wait,is this title a sick joke???You have got to be kidding.Whats your next documentary...What Makes the Oceans Wet"???
What causes a home to burn in wildfire? They are built in the wilderness!
The Marshall fire went through a suburb. They weren't in the wilderness.
Liar!! Its called Direct Energy Weapons!!
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
But but but ....the trees are fine
What do you think happens to a living tree during a wild fire? 🤨
@@ryancruz1876 he has to find something to fit his conspiracy baloney
@@paulsmallriver6066 But he is right though. How bout you?
Stop planting pine trees and build out of brick. Problem solved.
What do pine trees have to do with this fire? 🤨
@@ryancruz1876 oil filled needles and pine cones were mentioned as a source of fuel collecting against the property. Are you watching the same video.
@@thehoodfab1 as a source , meaning one of many, trees are not the problem.
human greed for money and cheap products among many more factors.
Did YOU watch the video? It states that there are no “fireproof” homes, only “fire resilient” homes. Yes, your brick wall will still be there, the rest will be ashes.
@@chicagomuziek1376 you're missing the bigger picture.
Is this a f ing joke. Let’s go Brandon
Well it😂 could be flame 😅
DEW