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Santos Javier Beltran

Santos Javier Beltran is a temporary foreign worker whose home is in Mazatlan, Sinola in Mexico. At the time of the Bush Creek East wildfire, he was paving roads near Chase.

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‘It was like the forest itself was complaining about the fire’
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Climate Disaster Project
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April 1, 2025

Santos Javier Beltran shares his story of the Bush Creek East wildfire with Santiago Rojas.

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