She watched a wildfire destroy her town, so she's building fire-proof bunkers

She watched a wildfire destroy her town, so she's building fire-proof bunkers24 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSheila FlynnFort/submitted photoFort says the bunker can withstand flames and temperatures up to 2,000 F for three hoursLinda Cantey had the sound of her mobile turned off the night the Atlas Wildfire weaved a path of destruction through her section of Napa, California."We were sound asleep when that thing came ripping through our neighbourhood," recalls Cantey, an aerospace engineer and consultant based in northern California."By the time somebody called our home phone and woke us up… the entire canyon was full of flames, and we could see across the canyon that every single house over there was already on fire."She and her husband luckily got out, but one elderly couple on their street did not. The couple were up and ready to drive out their garage, but the power failed - and they didn't know how else to open the door to escape.Hundreds of other homes and structures were destroyed by that fire, which erupted in October 2017, ultimately burning more than 51,000 acres, destroying 783 structures and taking six lives.Cantey's voice still catches with emotion as she recalls that frightening time and devastating toll. But she's channelled that trauma and grief into action.In addition to joining local fire safety advisory boards, Cantey reached out to a mining company she consults for, which specialises in underground refuge chambers. She asked whether they could use their technology and know-how to engineer something that could similarly save lives in the event of wildfire flames.The resulting above-ground refuge launched last month. Called Fort, it is a shed-like bunker with fire-proof doors and materials built to hold up to eight people and valuables with breathable air for four hours."If it wasn't for Linda, we wouldn't have built this, I don't think," says Josh Behling, president...