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Guadalupe Gonzalez, a Lahaina, Hawaii, resident who survived a deadly wildfire, stands next to missing person flyers while waiting for a post office to open in Lahaina, Hawaii, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Gonzalez said she and her family had to drive through the fire twice while fleeing the town. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Maui confronts the challenge of finding more than 800 missing people after the deadly wildfires

By Audrey McAvoy, Claire Rush and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

This cover image released by Putnam shows &quot;Robert B. Parker's Fool's Paradise&quot; by Mike Lupica. (Putnam via AP)

Review: ‘Fool’s Paradise’ is an unexpected disappointment

By BRUCE DeSILVA - Associated Press

Report: Death toll in fire likely includes 50 more people

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In this undated photo provided by the California National Primate Research Center, rhesus monkeys are seen in their outdoor enclosure at the California National Primate Research Center in Davis, Calif. A group of the animals exposed to wildfire smoke as infants have developed lungs that are about 20 percent smaller than other rhesus monkeys. (CNPRC/Univeristy California Davis via AP)

As wildfires get worse, smoke spreads, stokes health worries

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

A Californian in Australia shares advice from Paradise fire

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California town leveled by wildfire reopens its public pool

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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2018 file photo, volunteer rescue workers search for human remains in the rubble of homes burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. California fire authorities say that Pacific Gas and Electric equipment was responsible for the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history. Cal Fire said in a press release issued Wednesday, May 15, 2019, that electrical transmission lines in the Pulga area sparked the Nov. 8 fire that wiped out most of the town of Paradise and killed 85 people. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

The Latest: Wildfire investigators found PG&E broke law

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In this April 17, 2019, photo, a pedestrian crosses Washington St. one of the few roads leading into and out of the Gold Rush community of Sonora, Calif. Residents of Paradise, Calif., who were forced to flee from the Camp Fire, became caught in a nightmare traffic jam on narrow winding roads as they tried to evacuate the area. Sonora faces the same kind of issues of too few escape lanes for too many people in vehicles. The 2018 catastrophe illuminated the grim reality that road systems throughout the state are not designed to handle a sudden evacuation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

How we analyzed California’s wildfire evacuation routes

By EVAN WYLOGE - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 9, 2018, file photo people cover their faces walk their dog as smoke from a wildfire fills the air during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, Calif. Wildfires are more frequent and fierce. When people can't evacuate, some are sheltering in place. It's a dicey strategy for all but the fortunate. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Sheltering in place during a wildfire a dicey strategy

By MICHELE CHANDLER - Associated Press

Correction: Destined to Burn-New Homes story

By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, trees reflect in a swimming pool outside Erica Hail's Paradise, Calif., home, which burned during the Camp Fire. Water officials say the drinking water in Paradise, which was decimated by a wildfire last year, is contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical benzene. Fixing the problem could cost $300 million and take up to two years. The Sacramento Bee reports Thursday, April 18, 2019, experts believe the extreme heat of the November firestorm created a &quot;toxic cocktail&quot; of gases in burning homes that was sucked into water pipes when the system depressurized. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Cancer-causing chemical taints water after California blaze

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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2018, file photo, filmmaker Ron Howard poses at a private cocktail party to celebrate the FX network's Emmy nominations in Los Angeles. Howard is planning to make a documentary about a California town’s attempt to rebuild after the destruction of the 2018 California wildfires. National Geographic Documentary Films announced the project Thursday which will focus on the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Paradise, California. In November of 2018, the wildfires took over 14,000 homes and displaced over 50,000 people. Its working title is “Rebuilding Paradise.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ron Howard to make doc about town devastated by wildfires

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2018 file photo a firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif. A group of U.S. senators from around the American West sent a letter to President Trump warning that firefighting academies that provide required annual training for thousands of front-line fire crews are canceling classes because their federally employed instructors are on furlough. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

US shutdown stalls training, other prep for wildfire season

By GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

A bed rests outside Cypress Meadows Post-Acute, a nursing home leveled by the Camp Fire, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The Latest: PG&E gives timeline for restoring services

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A bed rests outside Cypress Meadows Post-Acute, a nursing home leveled by the Camp Fire, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Residents of California town leveled by fire can go home

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

A Christmas decoration sits among the burned ruins of a store in Paradise, Calif., Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. A wildfire called the Camp Fire tore through the Northern California town killing dozens and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Some evacuation orders could be lifted next week

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After a brief delay to let a downpour pass, volunteers resume their search for human remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. A team from Orange County in Southern California is among several teams conducting a second search of a mobile home park after the deadly Camp wildfire torched part of Butte County in Northern California. Task force leader Craig Covey, in blue jacket at center, says his team is doing a second search because there are outstanding reports of missing people whose last known address was at the mobile home park. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)

Catastrophic Northern California fire is finally contained

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

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California wildfires strike Jacob

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Firefighter sees lessons for Montana in California blazes

By JUSTIN FRANZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, a home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. A Northern California sheriff dramatically increased the count of the missing from the deadly wildfire again, saying more than 1,000 people are now on the list. Authorities are searching for those who perished and those who survived the fiercest of wildfires ahead of a planned visit Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Death toll rises to 76 in California fire as Trump visits

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and TERENCE CHEA - Associated Press