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Would 'fireproof' home stand up to wildfire?

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    Arizona man goes through great lengths to protect his house

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We're watching fox -- and said that's our cabin but the flames are laughing at the door.

They were close all right almost homeowners might be in a panic valley architect Karl Schaefer was able to stay pretty -- Because he's built what may be the most fireproof cabinet we've ever seen just about every exterior surfaces -- the roof.

Even the surface under the deck they eat -- all metal and closed.

-- even the structure of the home was built -- a separate distinguishing foam.

So that structure did catch fire -- wouldn't.

Chase through the house Carl was even able to use his iPad to monitor the interior temperature of his house it's all wired up.

He -- attempt spike as the fire got close then backed off as it went away.

His preparation paid off clearing all the low lying brush stripping trees -- dead branches thirty feet up off the fourth floor.

And even meeting with crowned kings fire chief and fire -- That if there was ever -- required.

This area.

This is where the -- would do.

And that's what we focused on and he had a prior to actually help save the house without even putting tropical water on it.

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