Home Built In 2012 Withstood The Camp Fire’s Deadly Flames Thanks To New Building Codes

PARADISE (CBS13) — It turns out, there’s something different about many homes in Paradise that survived the Camp Fire. A McClatchy study found many of them were built after 2008 when new building codes went into effect.
A homeowner in Paradise says there’s clear proof, as his house is still standing. Oney Carrell said when he, his wife, and his father-in-law were making their escape, he was not sure any of them would survive.
Carrell said the care they took while building