Development near natural areas puts more Californians in the path of wildfires
Wildland-urban interface areas grew 20 percent in the state from 1990 to 2010
TORCHED TOWN The Camp Fire burned through the town of Paradise in Northern California, leaving behind rubble where houses and businesses once stood.
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