5 years after California's deadliest wildfire, survivors forge different paths toward recovery
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re going to say the Our Father and we’re going to drive like hell.” Nordgren has told that story countless times in the five years since the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history nearly erased a quiet community in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Paradise Mayor Greg Bolin says that by 2025 all of the town’s overhead power lines will be buried underground. I know how nice it is going to be when it’s done,” said Bolin, who also owns Trilogy Construction Inc., one of the town’s main construction companies. “There’s a humility and a resilience here that I don’t think would be in a town like this had they not gone through the fire,” he said.
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