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Rebuilding Paradise

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A new home under construction in Paradise, Calif. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption

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The Camp Fire Destroyed 11,000 Homes. A Year Later Only 11 Have Been Rebuilt

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A mobile home park destroyed by last year's wildfire in Paradise, California. Those rebuilding homes and lives say they're getting contradictory messages about whether the water is safe to drink. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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Water Uncertainty Frustrates Victims Of California's Worst Wildfire

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The Camp Fire leveled homes in the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park. Months later, the burned debris still has yet to be cleared away as seen in these photos taken on April 26, 2019. Meredith Rizzo hide caption

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Returning To Paradise

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A vehicle rests in front of a home leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., in a photo from December. Pacific Gas & Electric says its equipment may have ignited the 2018 fire. Noah Berger/AP hide caption

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Bob Wilson, a San Diego real estate developer and restaurant owner, hands out $1,000 checks to students and staff from Paradise High School on Tuesday evening in Chico, Calif. The town of Paradise was largely destroyed by a wildfire this month. Loren Lighthall/AP hide caption

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A holiday mug is seen among the wreckage of what was once someone's kitchen in Paradise, California. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption

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Thousands Of Fire Evacuees To Spend The Holiday Without Homes

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Suzanne Kaksonen and her cockatoo Buddy camp at a makeshift shelter outside a Walmart in Chico, Calif. on Wednesday. Kaksonen, a resident of Paradise, lost her home in the blaze. Noah Berger/AP hide caption

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