Refugees in their own country as wildfire destroys California towns


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Oct 2020

A once-populated ridge sits nearly empty two years after wildfire destroyed the town, in Paradise, California, U.S., September 24, 2020. Picture taken September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Saif Tawfeeq

NEVADA CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - Jeannie Weber could probably rebuild her ruined house in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. But as wildfires rage with increasing frequency, it doesn't seem safe.

Her home in Berry Creek was gutted in September, not two years after a wildfire destroyed the home of her brother Aaron in the town of Paradise and he was forced to flee with his family.

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