Six roads to safety: A critical threshold for wildfire survival

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Jun 2, 2026, 4:00 pm196 ptsTrendingTop
If your community was threatened by a wildfire, would you be able to quickly evacuate? A new study from UC Santa Barbara reveals that the number of roads out of a community may be one of the strongest predictors of wildfire fatalities, and that a surprisingly specific threshold separates high-risk communities…

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