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California burning

30 August 2020

1:46 AM

30 August 2020

1:46 AM

Oakland

The air in Northern California was thick and yellow in November 2018. The hills were wrapped not in salty fog, but a thin layer of ashes, some of which were doubtlessly human remains. The Paradise Fire raged for over two weeks, burning through 150,000 acres and consuming 85 souls.

The air quality officially became ‘dangerous’.

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