"But the building scientist in me realizes that this is the first opportunity we've had to put all of the common knowledge and the current thinking of fire resiliency into a build and then to actually have it face a wildfire."Watch as a wildfire overtakes this fire-smart B.C. propertyVideo from the front porch of a cabin near Cathedral Provincial Park shows the Crater Creek advancing and overtaking the property.
"We actually had a professional forester help us reduce the amount of material and fuel sources ... at least to the extent of our lot," Frank said. The building's exterior was completed, he added, with just the plumbing, interior finishes and some electrical left for alarms and internet. Substantial completion was set for October.An ambitious goal
"The further remote you get and the closer you get to the woods, you're increasing the risk of being caught in a wildfire," Wiesner said.How some Lytton area residents are fireproofing their homes as they rebuild destroyed village