After 12,700 U.S. Homes Burned Last Year, Is Your Home Prepared for 2026 Wildfires?

Wildfires destroyed more than 18,000 structures in 2025, including roughly 12,700 residences, according to data from the National Interagency Coordination Center, making it the second-most destructive year for wildfires in the last decade.

More than 16,000 of those structures were incinerated by the Eaton and Palisades fires in California, but the Golden State is not the only one under threat in 2026...