How Did This 100-Year-Old House Survive Maui Wildfires?

In the devastation of Lahaina, a lone red-roofed house was unscathed by the wildfires. When the house was renovated two years ago, the homeowners replaced the shingle roof with a red metal roof. They also cleared the trees and shrubs that were planted against the house and lined the exterior of the property with river stones. Wildfires expert Dr. Jack Cohen says the homeowners removed any vegetative material that could have ignited next to the base of their house.

[uzkzowz]

Imagine having everyone mad at you cause your house the only one that survived 😭

[blakedesmond]

When people rebuild they should make their homes exactly like this one.

[magala]

Two years ago, they would have raised an eyebrow for making such moves. Now, that family's own red-roofed house stands as a testament to great foresight and careful renovation.

Based on that description provided above, it seems almost as if the homeowners realized that their area was prone to wildfires. If they did, it was wisdom well done.

[commandoslayer]

How to build your house: Build a metal roof, clear all vegetation near the house, and line the exterior with river stones.

[sircasm]

He might as well sell it because the construction sound for the next 10 years will be absurd

[donavanalkatib]

So that was the only house in all of Lahaina that had a metal roof and no shrubs?

[RJHW]

My parents live in Superior Co and when they had that massive fire after Christmas their Block was spared! Just a couple blocks away everything was gone.
I felt so blessed for them, that was my childhood home❤

[SelVanaShow]

my neighbor's have an extra house in their backyard that caught on fire almost a year ago...luckily, the fire didn't transfer to our backyard room because my dad had surrounded our home with a metal fence. if my dad wouldn't have changed that old wooden fence that separated our house and the neighbor's, that would be a different story.

[seeleygirl]

Not even the grass looked burnt by it. Wow.

[angelasolano]

Who owns the house is the real question

[wc]

That is so eerie... everything else around it were incinerated, except this lone house.... that's a housing project worth studying, around the world....

[mrquirky]

This feels like a real life version of the little pig who built his house out of brick while the others used only wood and straw.

[killjoycola]

The yard looks green still. So they watered the hell out of they grass 😅

[relaxtv]

The owner of this home is Dora Atwater Millikin, and she works as an artist for the U.S. Department of State in a project entitled "Art in Embassies". Her husband Dudley Long Millikin III is a very wealthy investor and I believe he is also a high rank military man!!

[BytomGirl]

One problem with this theory is that this fire was so extremely hot (over 2000 degrees) that it melted all metal and the walls were wood and with all the sparks the wood would have caught fire. There is more to it.

[Heyoka]

That property went from 300k to 30 million dollar property

[larmstrong]

The example embers were going sideways... wouldn't that have rained down fire to the wood house or deck? 🤔

[itsmebrittney-b]

The homeowners evoked all the kupuna energy 🙌🏻

[loveforeignaccents]

Wow, talk about smart people having foresight!!

[Fawpy]

well i guess im gonna go dig up all the bushes around my house and get me a red roof like these folks