More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them
- Written by Subha Parida, Lecturer in Property, University of South Australia
Carl Oberg/ShutterstockHouses and fire do not mix. The firestorm which hit Los Angeles in January destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to evacuate.
The 2019–20 Australian megafires destroyed almost 2,800 homes. This summer, houses and buildings have been lost in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.
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