The Fire-Resistant Home Is Coming To California, And Here’s What It Looks Like

It was a miracle. The Santa Rosa family home of Howard Booster survived the raging flame front that devoured nearly his entire neighborhood at about 4 a.m. on October 9, 2017, amid the Tubbs Fire, among the deadliest and most devastating infernos in California history.

Only two hours after the fire passed, a neighbor sent Booster a video showing his home of 35 years standing amid other houses that had been turned into piles of ash.

Booster diligently kept the expansive grass field surrounding the house cut short for fire prevention and he assumed the strategy worked.

But when he returned later that day, he found nothing.