Not putting polystyrene foam around the windows would be a more practical thing. The article even says in the first paragraph that fire regulations are important.

Did you read or even skim the article? It mentions fire safety codes specifically, violation of which is the very reason that fire happened not because it was a tall building. Do you understand why California wild fires are more lethal as of recently?

Not sure if satire, troll or serious, but I think you are serious, so: yeesh, you can’t distinguish between densification and following fire regulations…