I'm so sorry for the loss of their home, it's really terrible. And so grateful that no one was injured ~Georgia (Skyline Blvd area)

I unfortunately had a house in the Napa fire, but it survived, although it had lots of smoke and landscaping damage (over $200K), Cal-fire attributed the house's survival (where 4 adjacent new stucco and tile roofed homes burned down) due to four fire related factors: 1. clearing of vegetation for 60' around all property boundaries (but the fire storm still blew embers all over the yard and house, so that alone would not have saved the house, 2. stone coated metal shakes on the roof - very key, 3. non-combustible Hardie board siding - also very key, and 4. a brand new 2k sq ft Class 1A fire rating deck that is used for extreme wildfire building areas -super key. So, new home builders and homeowners who are re-building here these 4 factors saved a multi-million dollar home and 2+ years to re-build... its worth it.