Dobson, North Carolina.
.
So it goes.
I would bet that most people who lose everything in a fire could have saved their important documents (like birth certificates, social security cards, passports, wills, property deeds, insurance policies, medical records, etc.) if they had stored them in a fireproof safe.
They work. Trust me. I had a small Sentry fireproof box at the time of my fire. It worked.
Better to have one and not need it, than to need one and not have it. The model I use now is available on Amazon: