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Melissa Puyot celebrates with her friend Kris Hoyt (in green) on Sunday after finding cherished mementos in her destroyed home in Ramona. The small community lost 52 homes in the Witch fire that burned almost 200,000 acres. "This is a positive," Puyot said. "I will not let this fire beat me down."