Why use wood in a wildfire area, when a concrete home costs the same?

From the sidewalk on Willow Green Place, Bill Fredrickson and Michael Russo’s new house looks like a concrete replica of the wooden frame houses on the block destroyed by the Tubbs fire two years ago.
Like the other homes, it’s got multiple gable walls, eaves with pronounced overhangs and steep, pitched roofs — but all these features are made of poured concrete.
When all the stucco and ornamental detail are put in place, you won’t be able to tell the difference, Fredricks