Home destroyed by wildfire. An American flag stands among burned rubble during the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. The Camp Fire north of Sacramento has now killed at least 42 people, injured three firefighters and destroyed 6,500 homes, CalFire said Tuesday morning. (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

California's deadly wildfires have a straightforward solution, experts say: stop building homes in places that are likely to burn — and make homes that already exist in those areas a whole lot tougher.

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