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SoCal Matters
Students Still Recovering After the State's Deadliest Fire
Season 2025
Episode 468
Seven years after the Camp Fire killed 85 people, displaced at least 26,000 and burned more than 18,000 buildings, Paradise students and schools are rebuilding. Students describe setbacks and recovery. New homes and businesses are returning, and officials now advise other communities on how to rebuild.
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