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What fire scientists refer to as "legacy" home furnishings are far more resistant than the stuff you get today at Ikea.
Same for construction materials, which aren't "wood" that people in the Middle Ages or for that matter 100 years ago would recognize.
Sure, a 2X10 at Home Depot is straight-up wood, but plywood and flooring and chipboard are multi-layered confections of processed wood and glue and polymers, and that shit can burn like nobody's business. Oh, yeah, and then there's vinyl siding . . . 
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