Fire in Paradise
An American Tragedy
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 244 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
November 8, 2018. Paradise, California, a community of 27,000 souls, was destroyed in a fire that left 86 dead. Gee and Anguiano offer a dramatic narrative the disaster based on hundreds of in-depth interviews with residents and first responders. They also explore the science of wildfires in a time of dramatic climate change, the role of the power company PG&E in the blaze, and the efforts to raise Paradise from the ruins. -- adapted from jacket
Contents:
Paradise. A gold rush town ; Off the grid ; Firebrands -- Hell. Daybreak ; Stay or go ; The cemetery ; The day after -- Ashes and seeds. A city dispersed ; Search and recovery ; A pile of ashes ; The perfect fire.
Subjects:
Wildfires -- California -- Paradise.
Fires -- Casualties.
Natural disasters -- California.
Climatic changes.
First responders -- Anecdotes.
Fire extinction -- Accidents -- California.
Paradise (Calif.)
Wildfires -- California -- Paradise.
Fires -- Casualties.
Natural disasters -- California.
Climatic changes.
First responders -- Anecdotes.
Fire extinction -- Accidents -- California.
Paradise (Calif.)
ISBN:
9781324005148
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Disaster Gee | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.