A year ago, Bunny Keterman fled her home here under a darkening sky with her cat Ku-Co in its crate and the sound of wildfire roaring like a jet engine on the mountain behind her.
She locked the front door, but knew it was a meaningless gesture. Her house would burn. Her placid life on the hill was over.That was Nov. 8, 2018, the day the Camp Fire consumed town after town in the Butte County hills. It was the most devastating wildfire disaster in California history.
Eighty-five people were killed in the fire, some in their cars as they tried to flee. An 86th person, an elderly man, languished six months with severe burns before he succumbed. Soon after the fire, the area’s leaders unveiled a rallying cry: “Rebuilding the Ridge.” So far, of the 14,000 residences that burned, only 12 have been rebuilt in the first year. Another 470 residents have filed for permits with the town of Paradise to rebuild their homes.
Mike Wiltermood, head of Enloe Medical Center in Chico, said that trauma lingers. Patient loads are high, many of them emotionally troubled. He theorizes many have been cut adrift in the Camp Fire’s aftermath from their primary care providers, their jobs, their residences, or their emotional support systems.
She moved to a quiet nook in north Sacramento, where she has turned her new home, an immaculate 900-square-foot house, into an art-as-therapy project based on the fire, curated with art and spiritual objects. It a big part of her therapy. She shares it with Ku-Co, the Bengal cat that escaped the fire with her that day.
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