Also, they can’t penetrate vinyl siding, aluminum siding, or cement board ... “I live in a log cabin in the woods,” says Griffin. “I can’t have them attacking my house.” ...

Vinyl siding is the most commonly used type in America, but it's a poor option for fire-prone areas. Instead, consider these ...

More than 10,000 houses burned in Los Angeles ... using fire-resistant materials like stucco or fiber-cement siding backed with fire-resistant wallboard and wool or ceramic fiber insulation ...

Kovac and his wife, Karina Maher, who describe themselves as "avid environmentalists," designed and constructed their home with that risk in mind. The walls are covered with non-flammable cement fiber ...

Here are the specific fire resilient features utilized on their home, as outlined by Kovac: "So we have fiber cement siding that is extremely fire resilient. We have a very high performance ...

"The choice to use, say, a cement siding instead of a wood siding, that's almost a cost neutral thing," he said. Footage from his home's security cameras shows red-hot embers spraying all over the ...

Modern Mill has committed siding for twenty families who lost their homes to aid recovery and rebuilding efforts.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As wildfires continue to ravage California, it is a stark reminder of just how vulnerable our homes ... of vinyl siding, he recommended Hardie fiber cement siding, which ...

But they also say there are many ways homes ... wood siding. Where it is used, or still allowed, it needs to have a fire-resistant barrier underneath, often made of gypsum. Stucco, a cement ...

Responding police noted Mark McKeown’s “slurred speech, odor of alcohol” and “glassy and bloodshot eyes” at the scene of the ...