For Kevin Lundy, a land surveyor who lost his home last year in the deadliest and most destructive
fire in
California history, there is no dwelling on the past.
"I'm looking forward now," said the 35-year-old as he adjusted his work gloves before thrusting a metal post into the earth -- yet another small step in rebuilding all he lost in the fire that devastated the small town of Paradise in the northern California foothills.
"I'll rebuild my home," Lundy told AFP on a recent sunny October afternoon as his eight-year-old son lent a hand.