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Timothy Egan

The New York Times

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My Hometown Went Up in Flames. It Won’t Be the Last.

My Hometown Went Up in Flames. It Won’t Be the Last.

I watched, heartbroken and sleepless, as my boyhood stamping ground fell to spikes of wind-driven flame.

08.08.2026 10

The New York Times

Timothy Egan