Fire-hardened house offers lessons on rebuilding Los Angeles

Fire-hardened house offers lessons on rebuilding Los Angeles

The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los Angeles neighborhood.

Now, this architect says the city needs to learn from homes like his as it begins to rebuild.

The walls are covered with non-flammable cement fiber siding, the windows are insulated to have the highest degree of protection against heat, the vents are covered in metal mesh, and the fireproof roof is topped with soil and vegetation.