A new study has found a concerning trend in California wildfires. The percentage of homes that survive these fires is decreasing. In the past, the destruction rate was relatively low, with only a small fraction of homes being destroyed when wildfires reached them.

By 2020, however, this rate had increased significantly. Further details on this trend can be found in the study, which notes that the rate of home destruction in wildfires rose from 3% to 18% over the course of two decades, despite efforts to make homes more resilient to fires.