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And it feels wrong that some of the aftermath is deceptively pretty, like the delicate flurries of white ash accumulating on windowsills like fresh snow.

The valley’s pines and oaks were charred, and much of the landscape was covered in white ash.

Notably, the species serves as one the National Park Service’s living national monuments, including Thomas Jefferson’s 200-year-old green ash, and George Washington’s 250-year-old white ash tree.

The other woman later emerged covered in white ash, but the individual in the basement had not yet exited, he said.

Black charcoal covered with white ash remained red hot after the flames died down.