(1 of ) AFTER: Slowly, Jacqueline Bartlett's home in Anderson Springs is being rebuilt, Monday Aug. 29, 2016. Nearly to the end of Anderson Springs Road, tucked in to a hillside, the Valley fire burned nearly every home in the community, including the Bartlett home. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(2 of ) A Middletown apartment complex burns on Hwy. 175 due to the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)
(3 of ) AFTER: A year after the Valley fire destroyed dozens of homes on Middletown's Stewart Street, the area is dotted with rebuilding efforts. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)
(4 of ) BEFORE: The Valley fire destroyed dozens of homes in Middletown along with these on Stewart Street, Sept. 14, 2015, The entire block was lost. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)
(5 of ) Hidden Valley resident Bonnie Bishop, 55, lost her home off Noble Ranch Road to the Valley fire. Bishop's home is being rebuilt and she is part of a crew that is clearing charred trees in danger of falling at the Middletown Trailside Nature Preserve and EcoArts Park, Friday Sept. 2, 2016. At left is Cristina Clarke, also of Hidden Valley. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(6 of ) Hidden Valley resident Bonnie Bishop, 55, lost her home off Noble Ranch Road to the Valley fire. Her home is being rebuilt and she is part of a crew that is clearing charred trees in danger of falling at the Middletown Trailside Nature Preserve and EcoArts Park, Friday Sept. 2, 2016. Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(7 of ) Thousands of cords of wood, from trees killed by the Valley fire, are separated and stacked by a crew at Hoberg's Resort in Hobergs, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(8 of ) During Cobb Elementary's first day of School, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016 principal David Leonard prepares to raise the flag. The Valley Fire a year ago took Leonard's home. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2016
(9 of ) Beside the charred landscape and scorched trees, few remnants remain of the Valley fire, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2016 in Cobb. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2016
(10 of ) AFTER: A Bridges Construction crew works on a house at Pine Summit and Mapes Pass in Gifford Springs, Tuesday Sept. 6, 2016. Gifford Springs was hit hard during the destructive Valley fire in 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(11 of ) BEFORE: Harbin Hot Springs near Middletown, Sept, 14, 2015 after the Valley fire swept through. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(12 of ) AFTER: Harbin Hot Springs is being rebuilt a year after the Valley fire, Friday Sept. 2, 2016 near Middletown. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(13 of ) AFTER: At the entrance to Harbin Hot Springs near Middletown, a shrine has been kept up since last years Valley fire. , Friday Sept. 2, 2016. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(14 of ) AFTER: Harbin Hot Springs, on Friday Sept. 2, 2016. The popular resort is being rebuilt for an anticipated reopening in the next several months. Harbin lost a majority of their buildings to the Valley fire in 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(15 of ) BEFORE: On Sept 15, 2015 Mark Snell placed a flag in front of what remained of his home after the Valley fire swept through and raised half of the town. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(16 of ) AFTER: Mark Snell waters his garden in front of his newly rebuilt home, Friday Sept. 2, 2016 in Middletown. Snell and his family lost their home to the Valley fire in 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(17 of ) AFTER: Fir trees killed by the Valley fire were cut down and still remain among the ferns at the Boggs Mountain State Forest in Cobb, Friday Aug. 2, 2016. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
(18 of ) BEFORE: A portion of the Middletown Garden Apartments burns early Sunday morning September 13, 2015 in Middletown. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)
(19 of ) AFTER: Nearly a year after the Valley fire, apartments in this picture have been rebuilt at the Middletown Garden Apartments. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)
(20 of ) The Clayton fire burned along Highways 29 and 53 between the areas burned last year in the Valley, Rocky and Jerusalem fires, which together burned more than 176,000 acres in southern Lake County. (Courtesy of Wildfire Today)
(21 of ) A Middletown apartment complex burns due to the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(22 of ) A window of a home in Middletown reflects another home burning , due to the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(23 of ) Cal Fire firefighters were to late to save houses in the background, but fought all night to save six other homes on Stonegate Street in Hidden Valley Lake, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(24 of ) Firefighters chase embers as homes burn in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(25 of ) The reflection of a home burning in Middletown during the Valley fire, Sunday Sept 13, 2015(Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(26 of ) Rabbit Hill burns in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015 next to a Cal Fire station. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(27 of ) Firefighters from Suisun use water to cool the fire down as it threatens another structure in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(28 of ) Sue and Bo Bennett's house burns house to the ground in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(29 of ) A tired firefighter from Suisun, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015 in Middletown. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(30 of ) A portion of the Middletown Garden Apartments burns early Sunday morning September 13, 2015 in Middletown. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(31 of ) Homes burn in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(32 of ) Lake County Sheriff's deputies man a road block as the Valley fire rages in the background in Middletown, Sunday morning Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(33 of ) As the Valley fire raged Saturday, a driver slid off Highway 29 near Hidden Valley, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(34 of ) The Valley fire caused total destruction at an apartment complex with well over 100 units in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(35 of ) The Valley fire caused total destruction at an apartment complex with well over 100 units in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(36 of ) Residents of Cobb Mountain push a tree off Highway 175 near Anderson Springs, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(37 of ) Anderson Springs off Highway 175 was nearly 80 percent destroyed by the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(38 of ) A melted sign in Hobergs on Cobb Mountain, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(39 of ) Hoberg's Resort is destroyed by the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015 in Lake County. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(40 of ) A home in Cobb destroyed by the Valley fire on Saturday, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(41 of ) Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve Baxman gets a hug from a resident who's home was saved by a strike team from Sonoma County which included Santa Rosa city BC Bill Shubin, right and Roger Wheeler of Sonoma Valley Fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(42 of ) The Valley fire was relentless in it's march, taking cars and structures down to the ground in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(43 of ) A destroyed home in Middletown because of the Valley fire on Wardlaw Street, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(44 of ) A subdivision on the east side of Middletown lies in ruin after the Valley Fire swept through the town at Wardlaw and Jefferson Streets, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(45 of ) An inmate crew rests in Middletown after a night of defending structures from fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(46 of ) Six homes on Meadow View Street at Hidden Valley Lake lie in ruin as a result of the Valley Fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(47 of ) Mendocino County Cal Fire firefighters get some rest after defending homes in Hidden Valley Lake Saturday and Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(48 of ) A statue of a happy dog is what remains of a home in Hidden Valley Lake, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(49 of ) Cooking utensils from a burnt home in Hidden Valley Lake off Stonegate street, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(50 of ) A deer looks for greenery near a home destroyed by the Valley fire in Hidden Valley Lake, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(51 of ) Melted lamps in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(52 of ) Wheels melted against the intense heat in Middletown from the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(53 of ) A house, garage and vehicles were destroyed by the Valley fire in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(54 of ) A firing operation on Highway 29, just west of Lower Lake on the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(55 of ) Aluminum rims dry in to chrome puddles, melted by the Valley fire near Gifford Spring Road, Monday Sept. 14, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(56 of ) Friendly domesticated goats wander a charred neighborhood on Gifford Springs Road on Boggs Mountain, Monday Sept. 14, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(57 of ) The Valley fire rips in to Gifford Springs, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(58 of ) Highway 175 is blocked due to burned utilities in Cobb, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015 due to the Valley fire. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(59 of ) A CHP officer prepares to take a picture of the Valley fire in Middletow, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(60 of ) A business burns due to the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015 in Middletown. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(61 of ) Traffic flows out of Hidden Valley as the glow of the Valley fire burns homes and vegetation, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(62 of ) A tree on Spring Hill Road at Bottlerock Road in Cobb burns in the early hours of the Valley fire, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(63 of ) Tanker 910, avery large air tanker (VLAT) prepares to make a drop on the Valley fire as it burns through Cobb, Saturday Sept. 12, 2016. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2016
(64 of ) Residents of Adams Springs on Cobb watch as an air tanker moves to drop on the Valley fire in Lake County, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(65 of ) As homes burn around them, firefighters from Lake County's North Shore Fire Protection District attempt to keep flames from the Valley fire away from a home on Hoberg drive east in Hoberg's , Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(66 of ) A firefighter from the Northshore Fire Protection District of Lake County sprays water on the side of a home on Hoberg Drive east, Saturday Sept 12, 2015 during the Valley Fire. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(67 of ) A firefighter protects a structure on Hoberg Drive in Cobb as a fir tree and a home go up in flames in the background, Saturday September 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(68 of ) The Valley fire engulfs a home on Hoberg's Drive east in Hoberg's Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(69 of ) A building burns in Hoberg's due to the Valley fire, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(70 of ) A Cal Trans worker cuts up a limb that fell across Highway 175 in Cobb, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(71 of ) Cobb resident Michael Huber photographs the Valley fire as it rolls along on a 12 mile fire front as it heads to Middletown, on the slopes of Boggs Mountain in Lake County, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(72 of ) The Valley fire burns down Boggs Mountain, Saturday Sept. 12, 2016 in Lake County. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(73 of ) The Valley fire burns in to east Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(74 of ) Evacuees from the Valley fire clog Highway 29 in Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015Evacuees from Middletown
(75 of ) Residents evacuate from the Valley fires path as it moves in to Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(76 of ) The Valley fire jumps Highway 29, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015 near Middletown. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(77 of ) The Valley fire burns Boggs Mountain, Sunday Sept. 14, 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(78 of ) The Valley fire surrounds farm equipment in Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(79 of ) A car is engulfed in flames as the Valley fire spots over Highway 29 in Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(80 of ) A spot from the Valley fire engulfs juniper trees along Highway 29 outside of Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(81 of ) Lake County sheriff's officers prepare to evacuate Butts Canyon Road in Middletown as the Valley fire jumps Hwy 29, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(82 of ) The Valley burns a home and property along Highway 29 in Middletown, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(83 of ) Lake County sheriff's officers evacuate Highway 29 at Butts Canyon Road in Middletown as the Valley fire jumps the highway, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(84 of ) A home burns along Highway 29 in Hidden Valley,during the Valley fire, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(85 of ) A home on Meadow View Drive in Hidden Valley Lake burns, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015 due to the Valley fire. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2016
(86 of ) The Valley fire rages as a Cal Fire PIO gives an interview along Highway 175 in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(87 of ) An out building in flames below Rabbit Hill in Middletown, due to the Valley fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(88 of ) The Valley fire claims another home in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(89 of ) Firefighters roll out another link of hose as homes in Middletown burn, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2015
(90 of ) An inmate hand crew prepare to cut line around homes in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(91 of ) Firefighters chase embers as homes burn in Middletown, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(92 of ) Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve Baxman gets a hug from a resident who's home was saved by a strike team from Sonoma County which included Santa Rosa city BC Bill Shubin, right and Roger Wheeler of Sonoma Valley Fire, Sunday Sept. 13, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015
(93 of ) Lake County sheriff's officers prepare to evacuate Butts Canyon Road in Middletown as the Valley fire jumps Hwy 29, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2015