firefighters State and local government officials across the American West may not realize that fire-resistant building codes don't raise housing prices. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Homes in wildfire-prone areas around the U.S. could be built to better withstand blazes without increasing the cost of construction, according to a new report.

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