By 8 a.m. Nov. 8, 2018, when embers began to rain down on the town of Paradise, most residents had not been ordered to evacuate — even though an hour and a half had passed since the fire was ...
The fire went on for weeks. I wanted to be called back to work. I felt helpless. I wasn’t hired back until February 2019. I moved 15 miles away, but I still worked at the Paradise station.