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Joel Preheim grew up the oldest of eight kids in the tiny town of Big Creek. His 87-year-old mother still lives in his childhood home across the street from his sister. Fortunately, both of their houses survived the Creek Fire, which destroyed many of the area’s homes. But Preheim wasn’t so lucky. He and his wife, Tammy, lost their house near Cressman’s General Store last Monday night. Preheim had lived in Big Creek for most of his 65 years and only recently retired from Southern California Edison. A couple of years ago, he and Tammy moved to the house on Cressman Road because they wanted some land. Plus the 11-acre property had a stunning view. Preheim says his son-in-law, a tree cutter for Cal Fire, drove up to where the house was last Tuesday. He first tried to approach it from the front but he noticed that Preheim’s thousand-gallon propane tank had flames coming off the top. “He hit there and he backed up, ‘we can’t go anymore that way!’” Preheim says. “He went up on the topside
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