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  21. Hello all! I am the filmmaker of this short and wanted to answer a question that has come up a couple times and will inevitably come up a couple more times :) Question: How did his house survive? Answer: The answer is that we do not know. Mr. Buhrz had a number of theories, which I will outline below. But ultimately, because we cannot be sure, and because the reasons outlined were also characteristics of other homes in the neighborhood that burned, I made the editorial decision to leave it a mystery... that felt like the most accurate telling of the story. Mr. Buhrz's theories for why the house survived: 1.) The house is oriented east to west and the fire came from north to south (I believe those are the correct directions, but I would have to go back to the interview audio to be 100% sure). As a result, Mr. Buhrz said the fire didn’t catch on the front and back wooden doors, but rather, hit a stucco side wall which had just one aluminum window pane. 2.) His wife, who declined to take part in the story, waters the lawn at night to conserve water. Mr. Buhrz said that the sprinkler system was on shortly before the fires started. 3.) They have a highly fire rated roof. 4.) My. Buhrz mentioned that another reason could be that he has leaf guards on the gutters so there were no leaves on the house for the fire to catch. Hope that gives people some insight into the situation. Mr. Buhrz would be the first to say he can't be sure how or why it was saved. He told me in the interview, "I have been lucky all my life." It will forever remain a mystery. Thank you to everyone for watching my film. It means a lot to me.
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