In April 2026, researchers from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) set fire to two identical houses in their centre in Richburg, South Carolina. The first, standard, collapsed in less than three minutes. The second, reinforced according to current scientific recommendations, resisted much longer. These experiments of controlled burning are not part of the spectacle. They produce precise empirical data on the points of fail…
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In April 2026, researchers from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) set fire to two identical houses in their centre in Richburg, South Carolina. The first, standard, collapsed in less than three minutes. The second, reinforced according to current scientific recommendations, resisted much longer. These experiments of controlled burning are not part of the spectacle. They produce precise empirical data on the points of fail…