fireproof house

The charred remains of a multi-million dollar mansion crumbled under Randall Griffin’s work boots. “The entire neighbourhood was burned to ashes,” he says. “There was literally one home left.” Now, less than two years after Griffin surveyed the aftermath of the wildfires that destroyed more than 3,000 homes in Southern California, USA, his group at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is testing a tent that could shield homes from the most ferocious fires.