TY - BOOK AU - Gee,Alastair AU - Anguiano,Dani TI - Fire in Paradise: an American tragedy SN - 9781324005148 PY - 2020///] CY - New York, NY PB - W. W. Norton & Company KW - Wildfires KW - California KW - Paradise KW - Fires KW - Casualties KW - Natural disasters KW - Climatic changes KW - Environmental aspects KW - First responders KW - Anecdotes KW - Fire extinction KW - Accidents KW - Paradise (Calif.) N1 - Includes bibliographic references; 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 N2 - Bay Area-based reporters for The Guardian, Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano, relate the story of the worst American wildfire in a century, weaving together a portrait of the remarkable California community of 27,000 souls, destroyed wholesale in a fire that left 86 dead, while offering a bigger-picture exploration of the science of wildfires in a time of dramatic climate change. Alastair Gee is a seasoned science/nature writer based in San Francisco and Dani Anguiano is a local reporter from nearby Chico, who personally knows many of the heroes, first responders, and victims ER -