On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 19:40:45 +0100, Rob Morley
wrote:

On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 10:20:28 +0100
Bod wrote:

I've nothing against wooden houses and have never said they are a bad
idea, just not very sensible to build one in a wildfire prone forest.
BTW, I live in a wooden house.

You build with locally available materials. In a forest timber is
virtually free if you have a sawmill. Usually not all the forest will
catch fire every year. You could build a house faced with refractory
materials that would resist a forest fire, but it would be costly and
environmentally unfriendly (assuming you can't quarry and process the
materials locally). If I lived in a forest I'd maybe build a fire
cellar, so I could stash my stuff then evacuate. It would be foolish to
live in a fire-prone forest and not expect your house to burn down
occasionally, and more foolish to try to save the house by not
evacuating. But cool to live in a forest.

Cool to live in a forest? If the place has an internet connection,
maybe... and, ideally, a supermarket within striking distance.