Misty Pantle and her children, Tanner, 15, Tatum, 16, and Reese, 14, left to right, make the first visit to the burned remnants of the home their home in Talent, Ore. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.
A pool of once-melted metal is seen near a van on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 after being burned by the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore.
A neighborhood in Talent, Ore. that was destroyed by the Almeda Fire is pictured on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.
Streak of red fire retardant dropped by air tanker are seen on on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 amongst structures burned by the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore.
Blackened trees stand as a backdrop as Leonard Sander searches through the burned remnants of his home in the Medford Estates neighborhood of Medford, Ore. on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Sander’s home was one of at least 2,357 homes burned in the Almeda Fire.
Leonard Sander stands amongst the burned remnants of his home in the Medford Estates neighborhood of Medford, Ore. on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.
Lucy Navas takes a phone call in the apartment she and her family has moved into in Medford, Ore. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Navas, her two children and her parents lived together in a mobile home that burned to the ground in the Almeda Fire. Now they are sharing a two-bedroom apartment provided by a member of their church.
Lucy Navas tried to get her children Allison Contreras Navas, 6, and Christopher Contreras Navas, 7, ready to leave their new apartment so she can go to work in Medford, Ore. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.
Lucy Navas, right, shapes pupusas while working in a food truck owned by her sister, Monica Navas, left, in Medford, Ore. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Navas lost the trailer home that she shared with her two children and her parents to the Almeda Fire.
Laura Avalos, right, watches as her son, Christopher Chavez, 7, hugs Peggy Harper after she gave him a quilt that she made for him at a friend’s home in Medford, Ore. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Avalos and her family lost their home in Phoenix in the Almeda Fire.
Laura Avalos holds her son, Christopher Chavez, 7, while her other son, Diego Rodriguez, 16, rests his head at a friends house in Medford, Ore. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Avalos and her family lost their home in Phoenix in the Almeda Fire.
Laura Avalos and Yakson Chavez embrace in the kitchen of their new apartment while Avalos’ son, Diego Rodriguez, 16, right, sweeps the floor in Phoenix, Ore. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. The family lost their home in the Almeda Fire.
The sun sets through smoky skies over Medford, Ore. and the Rogue Valley on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.
When the Almeda Fire swept through Talent, Oregon in September 2020, it destroyed more than 2,500 homes, making it one of the 10 most-devestating American first in 50 years. About 10 days after the blaze, we visited to see how people were picking up the pieces and how community groups were helping.