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ELI5: why do wood fires burn so slowly, but house fires with even greater area to cover seem to be rather quick?

Whenever I'm camping and light a fire, it generally takes a hours until the wood burns completely through, but whenever I hear about a house fire on the news, it seems like houses can almost completely burn down before the FD even gets there. Why is it that the wooden structure of a house burns so quick when camp fires don't?
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The wooden structure itself actually doesn't burn that fast, and if you look at the remains of a structure fire, you'll notice that a lot of the wood is mostly in tact. The fire just weakens it enough for it to collapse, if it does at all. It's the furniture, carpets, etc. that burn so fast. Especially curtains. Curtains are a HUGE fire hazard.