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    The fire about an hour after it started, viewed from Randall Creek.
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    The fire about an hour after it started, viewed from Randall Creek. The arrow points to Evans’ and Rogers’ campsite, where the fire started.
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    Barry Evans and Louisa Rogers, on their coast-to-coast backpack across England in 2011 to celebrate Louisa’s 60th birthday.
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    Happier times on the Lost Coast: Louisa on Spanish Flat, spring 2007.
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    Sleeping pads and tent damaged in the fire.
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    Sleeping pads and tent damaged in the fire.
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    Sleeping pads and tent damaged in the fire.
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    Sharp delineation between old (yellow) and new (green) growth, just north of where the fire started.
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    Four months after the fire, Evans visited the campsite where the fire had started. It was green with new growth.