Wildfire

Like whips snapping Flames lap brush, trees, homes, creating an inferno Windswept embers blow from rooftop to rooftop From tree crown to tree crown Popping, crackling Houses collapse, one after another Neighborhoods gone in an instant Tens of thousands escape with only shirts on their backs One-fourth of a city of 250,000 Fleeing under evacuation orders A hospital emptied Nursing homes cleared Electricity shut down Armies called to action Firefighters by the hundreds on ground and overhead To save property, lives Losses horrific, like an Armageddon Nothing to salvage Ash to ash Tears and lament Why didn’t the Amazon package in the melted metal mailbox burn?

Why did one house stay untouched while those on each side burst into flames?