Fruitland fire damage a year later
In one devastating August weekend, the Lorne and Amber Brunson lost nearly everything they had worked for in their 10 years in Fruitland. The Brunsons stood in the burned-out remains of their farm, surveying 20 acres of charred trees. Their garden, where they grew most of the food they ate, was choked with weeds.
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Lorne and Amber Brunson pick through a burned out trees looking for morel mushrooms on Saturday, April 16, 2016, on their grounds near in Fruitland, Wash. The Brunsons lost nearly everything they owned last August when the Carpenter Road fire burned 100 square miles in Stevens County.
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Lorne and Amber Brunson embrace at the site where their home once stood on May 24, 2016, on their grounds near in Fruitland, Wash. The Brunsons lost nearly everything they owned last August when the Carpenter Road fire burned 100 square miles in Stevens County.
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Melted bottles are seen on Lorne and Amber Brunson's property on Saturday, April 16, 2016, near in Fruitland, Wash. The Brunsons lost nearly everything they owned last August when the Carpenter Road fire burned 100 square miles in Stevens County.
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Lorne Brunson listens to Jessica Martin, a disaster relief case manager with the Okanogan County Long Term Recovery Group on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Fruitland Bible Camp in Fruitland, Wash. The recovery group was formed after 2014's Carlton Complex fire and helps fire victims find aid in recovery.
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