Last summer, Zachery Popp found out his Wisconsin warehouse/workshop was burning down after a late-night alert from neighbors.

“My wife and I drove out there as quickly as we could,” Popp told HempBuild Mag.” And, yeah, the building was basically fully collapsed at that point.”

An Australian bushfire this month put the spotlight on the fire-resistant properties of hempcrete blocks, offering a sustainable construction solution for areas in danger of wildfires.