PARADISE, Calif.—Thousands of Paradise residents who fled a monster blaze a month ago were allowed on Dec. 5 to return to some neighborhoods in the Northern California city nearly obliterated by one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history.
Tim Moniz, a rice farmer and welder in his 50s, personally surveyed the remains of his Paradise property for the first time since the fire, confirming his suspicions that his house was gone. He and his wife only recently paid off the mortgage.
