The Roof Is On Fire
As I browse the photos of the carnage that the wildfires in Southern California have left. There has been one thing in common about the homes that were destroyed. The frame of the homes were still standing but the roofs were all gone. The most vulnerable part of most homes is the roof. I'm not saying that fires don't start from other parts of your property but look around on the internet and see the pictures for yourself. An ember from a wildfire can travel up to one mile with just a light breeze just imagine if it had 40 mph breeze behind it according to smokeybear.com.
The roof on most homes is an asphalt roof which is made with gasoline and we all know how flammable that is. Imagine when you were a child and you got a big bottle of bubbles with a big wand with a bunch of holes in it. When you took the wand filled with the solution and ran with it the bubbles went everywhere. Embers in a wildfire are like the bubbles once the wind gets behind them. They flow until they land on something and most of the times its your roof.