Conspiracy theories – houses burn down, trees don’t: How is that supposed to work?

Fires produce glowing sparks that fall onto roofs, patios or other flammable surfaces and start new fires. Homes with dry materials are more susceptible to this. Houses offer “many nooks and crannies from the roof to the foundation where wind-borne embers – burning pieces of wood and plants – can land and ignite,” Courtney Peterson, a climate adaptation specialist at Colorado State University, told AFP. These could fly for kilometers. However, trees had fewer flat surfaces for sparks to land and burn.