Victim Of Napa County Atlas Fire Takes Home Hardening To Another Level

By John Ramos, CBS San Francisco:

NAPA (KPIX) — As people continue to rebuild in fire-prone areas like Napa and Sonoma Counties, one homeowner is taking the concept of “home hardening” to a whole new level.

Of the 12 homes on one stretch of Westgate Drive in Napa, ten burned down in the 2017 Atlas Fire, and two people died. But it wasn’t the first close call that Dr. David La Rochelle has had with fire.

“Three, so far. One got me,” he said. On the night the Atlas Fire broke out, La Rochelle had just 5 minutes to abandon his home before it burned to the ground.

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