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It was America's deadliest wildfire in at least 100 years and the most destructive in California history.
它是至少100年來美國最致命的野火，也是加州歷史上最具破壞性的大火。
The Camp Fire started at 6:33 a.m. on November 8, 2018, touched off by faulty electrical transmission lines in the town of Paradise.
這場大火開始于2018年11月8日早上6：33。它是由天堂鎮的輸電線路故障引發的。
It burned for 17 days and consumed 153,336 acres north of Sacramento.
大火燃燒了17天，燒毀了薩克拉門托北部15.3336萬英畝的土地。
In all, the fire caused $16.5 billion in damage, destroying nearly 19,000 buildings, leaving 50,000 homeless, and killing 85.
總體來說，大火造成了165億的損失，破壞了接近1.9萬的房屋，使五萬人無家可歸，85人喪命。
The beauty of this beautifully named place was gone. Shane Grammer grew up 15 miles away in Chico,
這個名字漂亮地方的美麗消失了。肖恩·格拉默在15英里外的奇科市長大。
and he followed the news of the fire's deadly path from Los Angeles,
他從洛杉磯跟蹤報道了火災的致命路徑。
where the 47-year-old father of three works as a creative director for Disney's theme parks.
47歲的他是三個孩子的父親，是迪士尼主題公園的創意總監。
Grammer still has friends in the Paradise area.
格拉默在天堂鎮地區還有朋友。
When his childhood buddy Shane Edwards posted pictures of his white chimney—the only part of his house to survive—Grammer felt helpless.
他兒時的伙伴謝恩·愛德華茲上傳了他的白色煙囪的照片時-他的房子里唯一留下來的東西-格拉默感到很無助。
And then he had an idea. "I've got to paint that chimney," he told Inside Edition.
然后他有了一個想法：“我要在那個白色煙囪上作畫。”他告訴《新聞內幕》節目。
"I'm not trying to say anything. It's just that I'm an artist. And it was an opportunity for me to express and be an artist."
“我不是要試圖表達什么。我就只是個藝術家。這對我來說是一個表達自己和成為藝術家的機會。”
On December 31, amid the rubble, charred trees, and burned-out husks of cars,
12月31日，格拉默面對著廢墟，燒焦的樹木和燒毀的汽車外殼，
Grammer spent three hours spray-painting a strikingly eerie black-and-white image of a woman on the chimney—
花了三個小時在煙囪上噴繪了一個令人毛骨悚然的黑白女性圖片，
a reminder, perhaps, of the beauty of life, or even just of life itself.
它或許可以提醒著生命的美麗，甚至只是生命本身。
Grammer posted the image on Instagram. The victims of the fire, especially, could not contain themselves.
格拉默把這張圖片發到了照片墻上。人們不能夠控制自己了，尤其是火災的受害者。
"Beautiful and haunting," one said. Another posted, "You bring beauty and hope."
一個人表示，“真是動人心弦。”另一個人說，“你帶來了美麗和希望。”
