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A look back at the 2020 Creek Fire and a harrowing escape

by Kerry Klein

Apr 4, 2024

Nearly 250 campers had to be airlifted out of the Sierra Nevada mountains after the fire trapped them at a lake.

Years after the 2020 Creek Fire, parts of the Sierra National Forest remain denuded and bare, like this section being surveyed and restored by workers with the U.S. Forest Service in August of 2023.

Kerry Klein/KVPR

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