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Barbara Ishida looks at the remnants of her home in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire. Photograph: Nīa MacKnight/Floodlight

This story is co-published with Floodlight.

On a windy night in early January, Barbara Ishida, a second grade teacher, spotted the Eaton fire glowing in the hills behind her home in Altadena, California. Her mind turned to the deadly wildfires in Lahaina and Paradise and she thought, “Let’s get out – now.”