When the Camp Fire ripped thru Paradise and Butte County many people were forced to flee with just the clothes on their backs. They lost everything, including the cremated remains of loved ones.

Now a volunteer effort is underway to recover those ashes.

For more KCBS Radio's Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor spoke with Alex DeGeorgey with ALTA Archaeological Consulting and one of the leaders of the recovery effort.

When the Camp Fire ripped thru Paradise and Butte County many people were forced to flee with just the clothes on their backs. They lost everything, including the cremated remains of loved ones. Now a volunteer effort is underway to recover those ashes. For more KCBS Radio's Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor spoke with Alex DeGeorgey with ALTA Archaeological Consulting and one of the leaders of the recovery effort.

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