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The big fire occurred in Niigata Japan in December 22nd 2016. The fire lasted for about 30 hours with strong wind and about 150 houses has burned out. There was not even one casualty fortunately and only the fireproof house remains with no damage at all which immediately went viral in Japan.
Inspired by the post http://imgur.com/gallery/lQAi7
Nicalanius
Well there goes the neighborhood
BoozeHound001
AC bill is going to be insanely high
GadenKerensky
"I STILL STAND, FUCKERS!"
Gamerjunkie27
This is fine.
vzon20011
Unfortunately the owners got cancer.
IAmACyberneticOrganismLivingTissueOverEndoskeleton
"Like I give a fuck" -House probably
circlebreaker
@TS12YAM Some Californian did this in the 90's. The guy literally stood on his roof with a hose while all his neighbour's houses burnt.
uummma
son.. being fire-proof is part of the job
DoctorProfessorMiles
Only one not made of paper
servingmytimeinusersub
Thats a lot of asbestos
shimmernshine
http://imgur.com/WzGYWgb
CallMeSleeper
Even his hedge is untouched. It had a non-stop sprinkler system covering the whole estate?
HeroicStumpy24
I get that refrence
whatbuttondoipush
Hey fire, suck my diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick -that house
thatpoindexter
The Japanese are very good at following directions and working together in large groups. That's how they avoided injury
ThisIsThePlaceWhereIBelong
proper house vs. cardboard houses.
sweetfeetpete
All the food in the house was cooked at once, too. Super convenient
delborg
Asbetos causes cancer
noelleo21122000
I think it's called brick.
absalootru
Meth Lab approved
NePb
Meth labs tend to start fires in the house, where there are many flammable objects. Good for when you have methy neighbours.
dghammer
Fireproof not explosion proof.
mjjt
Bit suss that the only Google result for "fireproof house niigata" is a link to this imgur page?
IvorJBiggun
OP... lied?
TS12YAM
Google 'The house that survived Niigata inferno with barely a scratch'
mjjt
Oh dear, my lack of imagination rather than anything wrong with story. Thanks for the suggestion
MisterLemons
Calling BS. That thing would be BLACK from soot. What actually saved that house?
IvorJBiggun
Aliens
JackieTreehornProductions
His fence is fireproof too?
ChloeRed
I'd guess the fire came from the other side of the house, and the house not burning acted as protection for the fence
JackieTreehornProductions
is the traffic cone fireproof too?
stratus41298
How did the paint not tinge in the smoke?
circlebreaker
Fireproof paint y'all
DoctorOfTheDitch
Fire-x
dinocratic
Jet fuel.
HairytheSheep
I imagine its much dirtier than it looks from these pics, could still have smoke damage inside as well
YNotZoidberg1077
Unless everything between the outside and inside of the home has a 100% airtight seal, there is absolutely smoke damage inside.
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stratus41298
stratus41298
Fireproof does not mean smoke will not stain or otherwise tarnish the material. Fireproof means it will not burn.
LiquidMilk
I mean.. Seems there's a part of fireproof YOU don't understand lol
RustyNeX
designer of the house was never taken seriously with his prototype so he burnt down the city to prove a point
Grenville
http://imgur.com/9MVkL0l
HEXADECIMAL
I was thinking this exactly...
BlunderbussVigilante
Whoa there Nero
JuisSloshJuis
Now on to the Earth quake test.
WhiterunWarriorProject
Underground nuke should do the trick.
theonedollarbill
Someone get OPs mom to jump up and down
ConflictedOnTheUserName
But there would have to be internal smoke damage, or was the house air tight as well?
TS12YAM
Yes. That's called 'Fireproof'
inboxmefoxes
Fireproof is not the same thing as 'magical wish dream house that doesn't exist.'
anonymouscoward69
No.
keener33
Then how do they breath when they are inside
MaladaptedMedic
An airtight house would easily have enough oxygen to live in for 30 hours...
kennerly
You don't stay in the house.
StarkRG
It looks like it's made of bricks with a tile roof, bricks and tiles don't burn very well.
Jmat26k
Is the backyard fence wooden?
Capsulex21
The Big Bad Wolf doesn't have much of a chance either.
owlest
what you talking about fire makes bricks brittle and it breaks down under its own weight
knobhoblin
But they can crack though
ShiftingPattern
Window trim didn't burn nor did the glass shatter or melt (which is common with fires this big). You aren't wrong, but there's more going on
StarkRG
Doesn't look like it was a particularly hot fire.
nitemayr
Fireproof trees and shrubs too, I call shenanigans
StonerCatJay
Force field
dohcohv
But they shake very well, which can be an issue in earthquake prone Japan.
StarkRG
And, actually, I'd say they DON'T shake very well. What you want is for a structure to wobble and bend in an Earthquake, bricks don't.
StarkRG
Definitely. I grew up in the Bay Area, experienced the '89 quake. Brick houses scare me. Still pretty fireproof, though.
Morrigi
As someone from the Midwest, non-brick houses scare me.
StarkRG
Why's that?
Raenon
As someone from East coast, I'm guessing the Midwesterner is worried about tornados.