A recent bushfire in Western Australia destroyed about 70 houses. It is claimed that some of these houses burnt because of embers getting in the evaporative air conditioners. Often trees near the house did not burn, just the house. This state has a dry climate, and the evaporative cooling is quite popular. Of course there were other factors, such as 60 km/h winds the day of the fire, and houses built only 50 metres from forests full of dead leaves/twigs/bark.
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