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# Letter: Fire-area homes should be built fireproof
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/102607-story/
- Published: 2007-10-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:39:37.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan Venice*

Fires happen year after year, for nobody knows how long. Houses burn. People who live in these fire areas should be forced to build fireproof houses.

Some years ago, a big fire wiped out all the houses in one neighborhood, except for one. It made a bunch of magazine covers — one house surrounded by ashes and rubble. The owner had designed it to survive a fire, so it can be done.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 26, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)