We are raising our old family cabin 15 feet in the air on steel i-beams. It is becoming a never ending hassle to keep the old dwelling after it went thru a record of 127 days of Mississippi River floods last year. I can relate to the bleach, the vinegar, and the mold. Snakes have been numerous.
But I can not even begin to imagine the stress and fear you went through with a firestorm too.

That fire would have broken me , I’m sure.
You have a lot of courage to rebuild and I am sure you, and your homestead, will be stronger when you finish.