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Neighbors look back at fires, ahead to prevention

By Lauren Dake, Columbian Political Writer
Published: August 4, 2015, 5:00pm
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Terri Kaufman, who lives near two homes that recently caught on fire, hosts Chris Drone, far right, lead deputy fire marshal with the Vancouver Fire Department, and Charles Ray, second from the right, an urban forester, to discuss fire prevention with neighbors in the Old Evergreen Highway neighborhood.
Terri Kaufman, who lives near two homes that recently caught on fire, hosts Chris Drone, far right, lead deputy fire marshal with the Vancouver Fire Department, and Charles Ray, second from the right, an urban forester, to discuss fire prevention with neighbors in the Old Evergreen Highway neighborhood. Photo Gallery

On the day two homes were destroyed by flames in an upscale Vancouver neighborhood last month, the sound of dry trees burning reverberated down the block.

“It was the scariest thing I have ever heard,” said Terri Kaufman, who lives down the street from both homes in the Old Evergreen Highway neighborhood.

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