How region factors into my observation of non-arson, non-climatic house fires

Much thanks to Mr. Marrion and Business Insider! A couple of weeks ago, I began to consider a container home as an affordable alternative to the "residential matchbox" -- as I sometimes refer to a fire-prone home in the City of Harrisburg.

​Some of the single-family homes here appear thin and reedy, and it dawned on me then that regions of the U.S. with seemingly fewer outbreaks of non-arson, residential fires have stone-based or concrete constructions. Apart from human error, [I] attributed the age of whatever the material as one cause of its combustibility.

The video is not about residential structures necessarily, but I assume the point about roofing materials apply to homes as well. In reference to the video, the cavernous or lack of firewall in these historic buildings was a learning point as well.

A comment on "A fire expert explains why historic building like Notre-Dame Cathedral burn so easily" (BUSINESS INSIDER)

Container homes stacked three stories ("Container homes" by JaviC | CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one on "A fire expert explains why historic building like Notre-Dame Cathedral burn so easily" by Business Insider, at landturn.com/blog.

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