Why do some houses burn and others do not when a wildfire hits?
SILVIS Lab Blog, 2015
By: SILVIS Lab
https://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/research/why-do-some-houses-burn-and-others-do-not-when-a-wildfire-hits/#:~:text=Preliminary%20results%20show%20that%20the,spatial%20arrangement%20of%20houses%20matters.
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This story discusses the study led by Patricia Alexandre to identify the factors that determine the likelihood of house loss given a wildfire. It states that it depends on multiple environmental variables and spatial arrangement of houses.
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