‘I still feel it isn’t real’: Gold Rush town residents reckon with wildfire devastation

As flames approached, Kimberly Price fled her beloved California hometown of Greenville. An hour later, most of it was gone

After weeks of fire, smoke and warnings, Kimberly Price's beloved hometown had run out of time.

With wind driving the Dixie fire directly into Greenville, Price's longtime partner, John Hunter, told her she needed to leave. Price, 58, had spent most of her life in the close-knit Sierra Nevada community. She couldn't bear the thought of leaving, but the flames were everywhere.