"In a wind-driven wildfire, it is rarely a wall of flame that first ignites a structure. It is airborne sparks, sometimes traveling hundreds of feet, landing in the mulch under a deck, in a planter pressed against the siding, in dry leaves caught at a foundation."
"The houses that survived in Altadena were, in many cases, the ones with nothing for an ember to ignite within arm's reach of the structure."
During a wildfire evacuation, communication was limited as roads were blocked. A family managed to escape to safety, suffering only smoke damage. In nearby Altadena, many homes were destroyed, while some survived due to their defensible space. The survival of these homes was attributed to the absence of combustible materials nearby, which prevented embers from igniting them. This highlights the importance of the EMBER ordinance in creating defensible spaces to protect homes from wildfires.
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