Fires and Firefighters – Page 11 – MOSAEC

To Protect Against Wildfires, Insurers Try to Change Construction Standards

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To Protect Against Wildfires, Insurers Try to Change Construction Standards

Property insurers are trying to force changes in construction standards that they say are necessary to protect against wildfires.

By Emily Flitter

She Lost Her Home in the 2017 Atlas Fire in Napa. Then She Built Something ‘Different.’

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She Lost Her Home in the 2017 Atlas Fire in Napa. Then She Built Something ‘Different.’

The fire-resistant house she built in Napa, Calif., with the insurance money was “so different — and I like different.”

By Tim McKeough

Fire at Lithium Battery Plant in South Korea Kills at Least 16

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Fire at Lithium Battery Plant in South Korea Kills at Least 16

Six other workers were missing, and officials feared that the death toll would rise as emergency personnel searched the site.

By Choe Sang-Hun

How Yu & Me, a Popular Chinatown Bookstore, Rebuilt After a Fire

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How Yu & Me, a Popular Chinatown Bookstore, Rebuilt After a Fire

A fire left Lucy Yu’s literary hub in Chinatown gutted. She was determined to rebuild it.

By Jordyn Holman and Hiroko Masuike