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BACK COVER-Within the ShakeOut Scenario study area are many neighborhoods like this one, at severe risk from fire following earthquake. Here, tightly packed wood buildings will enable small fires to spread and merge into conflagrations that can burn dozens of blocks. Fire following earthquake can have devastating consequences, as tragically seen after the 1906 San Francisco, 1923 Tokyo, and 1995 Kobe earthquakes. It is a significant threat in urban areas of California and doubles the fatalities and economic losses in the hypothetical ShakeOut earthquake. (Google Earth image.

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