Yana

Yana Stepanenko lovingly buys her son's favourite treats - a cup of steaming hot chocolate and a chocolate roll.

Yana Garcia, California’s secretary for environmental protection, said that after the fires, the state has been “laser focused on helping communities recover and rebuild.”

Like them, Yana was added to the register of those "inclined to extremism and destructive activity".

“We understand completely that people are anxious to get back onto their property,” said Yana Garcia, California Environmental Protection Agency secretary.

Yana Valachovic, a fire scientist at the University of California, said some of the spared houses were tucked away from prevailing wind currents so that embers didn’t hit them.