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Auburn Fire: Neighborhood Destroyed By Fire
A fast-moving wildfire has ravaged a neighborhood in Auburn.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Auburn Fire: How A Home's Built Can Help Reduce Fire Danger
In the aftermath of a destructive fire like the one in Auburn, the question arises – how can homeowners live safely in wildland areas? Is creating a “defensible space” enough?
Monday, August 31, 2009
Ben Adler/Capital Public Radio
Auburn Fire: County Offers One Stop Homeowner Assistance
Help is on the way for homeowners.
Monday, August 31, 2009
A view of the 49 Fire's devastation (CPR photo/Ben Adler)
Auburn Fire: The Last Home Standing...
The 49 Fire burned every single house on Bill Meyers’ side of his cul-de-sac – except his. Meyers lives at the corner of Morning Mist and Cedar Mist circle, in a subdivision outside Auburn, and he spoke Monday with Capital Public Radio’s Ben Adler.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Gov. Schwarzenegger tours the fire area (CPR photo/Ben Adler)
Auburn Fire: Governor Tours Placer County Neighborhood
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger toured a subdivision just outside Auburn Monday. He saw a Placer County neighborhood devastated by the 49 Fire. The 340-acre blaze has burned down 50 homes and 10 businesses. It's 70 percent contained.
Monday, August 31, 2009
At this house, nothing's left but rubble (CPR photo/Ben Adler)
Auburn Fire: Monday Evening Update
Officials plan to allow all evacuated residents to return to their homes by 7pm Monday. But an evacuation shelter will remain open at the Auburn Recreation District Park gym on Richardson Avenue.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Healing's backyard (CPR photo/Ben Adler)
Auburn Fire: Scenes and Stories Emerge from Rubble
The worst of the 49 Fire outside Auburn is over, officials say – but not before it burned 340 acres, 50 homes and 10 businesses. Some homeowners returned to find their properties mostly unharmed; others weren't so lucky.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Auburn Fire: Full Containment Expected Tuesday
A fire that wiped out 60 homes and businesses in the Sierra Foothills is no longer a threat to any homes.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Auburn Journal
Auburn Fire: Community Responds
Capital Public Radio's Joe Barr talks with Auburn Journal newspaper reporter Jennifer Gee about how the community is responding to the disaster.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Auburn Fire: Community Meeting Tuesday Night
Placer County officials are encouraging people left homeless, without electricity or otherwise impacted by the 49 Fire to attend a community meeting in Auburn Tuesday night.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ben Adler/Capital Public Radio
Auburn Fire: Coping With Disaster
Placer County mental health officials are trying to help residents make sense of the devastation from the 49 Fire.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ben Adler/Capital Public Radio
Auburn Fire: Residents Want To Rebuild Lives
But turnout is light so far at a County Assistance Center
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Emma Lujan at her Harley shop (CPR photo/Ben Adler)
Auburn Fire: Stories of Optimism as Owners Start to Rebuild
The 49 Fire outside Auburn is now fully contained, but the damage is already done: more than 60 homes destroyed, along with several businesses. Now, property owners are beginning the long process of piecing their lives back together.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A home damaged by the Auburn Fire (CPR photo/Ben Adler)
Angora Advice: Homeowners Reflect on Rebuilding, Insurance and More
Today, we bring you the first of two reports on what property owners and government officials can learn from the 2007 Angora Fire. That blaze burned 250 homes near South Lake Tahoe. Our “Angora Advice” series begins with tips from homeowners.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Supervisor Santiago at an Angora Fire recovery meeting in June, 2008
Angora Advice: How Government Can Speed Rebuilding Up
Today, we wrap up our “Angora Advice” series by checking in with El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago. After the 2007 Angora Fire near South Lake Tahoe, several residents say she helped them navigate through the bureaucracy.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A house damaged in the Auburn Fire (CPR file photo/Ben Adler)
Feds to Offer Low-Interest Loans to Auburn Fire Victims
Starting Thursday, the US Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans to victims of last week’s fire outside Auburn. That’s after the agency declared a federal disaster in Placer County Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
CPR file photo/Ben Adler
Auburn Fire: Three Weeks After, Residents Face Challenges
Community leaders in Auburn are organizing a major fundraiser this weekend for victims of the 49 Fire Sunday afternoon at Auburn’s Regional Park. We get the latest on the cleanup efforts from Auburn Journal Executive Editor Deric Rothe.
Friday, September 18, 2009
(CPR file photo/Ben Adler)
Debris Removal in Auburn Fire Area Making Progress
Placer County is giving owners of properties damaged by this summer’s 49 Fire outside Auburn until late next week to clear up all the debris. Otherwise, the county will take over – and that could cost the property owners.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
CPR file photo/Ben Adler
Auburn Fire was Arson, CalFire Says
The big wildfire outside Auburn in late-August was arson. That’s the word from CalFire investigators. In fact, they say there were two separate fires – both intentionally set.
Monday, October 19, 2009