Online fundraisers help Chinese Camp fire victims. One had fled war in Cambodia

Polina Ken fled the killing fields of Cambodia and eventually made her home in Chinese Camp. She has now lost it to a wildfire.

GoFundMe accounts were launched for Ken and other victims of the blaze, which stood at 7,037 acres as of Friday, Sept. 5.

It is part of the September Lightning Complex, burning 13,996 acres in four counties since Tuesday. The strikes lit up grass, brush and trees that have had little rain since spring…

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