For Seth Roberts and other residents of Paradise, Calif., Wednesday marked a sad homecoming.
“I’m in my backyard and it’s all gone,” Roberts told NPR. “My house is gone, my shop’s gone, my sheds are gone. … Nothing left, just a bunch of charred stuff.”
Nearly a month after the Camp Fire decimated the Northern California town, officials lifted evacuation orders across a stretch of the eastern portion of Paradise, allowing people to return and see what is left of their homes and businesses.
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