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Some PG&E fire victims in a race against time to get paid [San Francisco Chronicle] Feb. 1—Janet Ames was a California disaster survivor two times over. She held firm as the earth shook violently beneath her in 1989 and drove through a whirlwind of flames in 2018. Both catastrophes changed the course of her life, and the second may have cut it short. Nearly three decades after surviving the Loma Prieta earthquake, Ames narrowly escaped the historically ruinous Camp Fire as it laid waste to the Butte County town of Paradise. Though she emerged without any grave physical injuries, the omnipre...

Some PG&E fire survivors in a race against time to get paid FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Sharron Ames visits the former home in Paradise (Butte County) of her mother, who survived the Camp Fire but died before a settlement.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Janet Ames in her 50s with her son Robert’s wife, Cindy; her granddaughter Erin Ames; and son Peter Ames. She died last year at 85.Courtesy Ames familyShow MoreShow Less 3of5 Sharron Ames wipes away a tear while visiting Sherwood Forest Trailer Park in Paradise.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 4of5 Jan...