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LOS ANGELES — Karen Myles, 66, walked out of her Altadena, California home in the middle of the night in her pajamas, confronted by a forest of red and orange flaming trees and live wires from tumbled electric poles sparking in the street. Her son, who had woken her from a deep sleep, navigated their path to safety.The fire destroyed her neighborhood this month, and she is not going back.“I’m not going to rebuild. Oh no. Hell no. That fire took everything out of me.
"We will dispose of material properly and we will deliver a lot to you ready to build ," he told residents recently, adding that the county would also allow private contractors. State and local officials are promising to cut red tape to speed reconstruction.Many considering rebuilding do not expect it to be that easy, or fast.Altadena resident Shawna Dawson-Beer, 50, renovated her venerable house into what she called a “forever home.
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