Bay Area Home Building In Wildland Urban Interface Areas Increases Residential Wildfire Risk

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A data analysis by the CBS News Data Team shows a growing number of Bay Area homes are facing increased wildfire risk.

In the 1990s, about 917,000 homes in the Bay Area were in Wildland Urban Interface areas, or WUI. Those areas are on land that sits on the edge or within wilderness, putting it at high fire risk.

By 2020, there were 1.2 million homes in the WUI, a 27% increase.

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