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How to build wildfire-resistant communities on the wildland fringe

  • Written by Jeanne Homer, Professor of Architecture, Oklahoma State University
imageHow homes are built and landscaped affects their ability to withstand a wildfire.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Across the West, thousands of people are deciding what to do about homes that have been destroyed by wildfires in recent months. Those planning to rebuild will be looking for ways to make their new homes and neighborhoods as fire-resistant...

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