Fleeing from Avalon
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About 200 people were waiting at the Avalon Harbor dock to board a vessel back to the mainland. A few feet away, dozens of firefighters from the mainland were getting ready to join the battle.
Smoke cast long dark shadows on the sea as eerie amber light and ash fell like light snow over Avalon.
-Louis Sahagun in Avalon