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Evacuation centers offer shelter, kindness

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Amarjit Singh, second from right, helps serve french fries to members of the Lyon family from Yuba City at the Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple Sacramento on Monday, Feb,13, 2017 in West Sacramento. The family including son Brian, 8, at left, mom Roxanna,32, center, holding Laurie, 2, and Wyatt, 3, and daughter Trinity, 9, right, said they had not eaten since 4 p.m. Sunday. The temple – the area's oldest and largest, took in more than 200 people last night and this morning who were forced to evacuate the towns between Wheatland and Oroville.
Amarjit Singh, second from right, helps serve french fries to members of the Lyon family from Yuba City at the Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple Sacramento on Monday, Feb,13, 2017 in West Sacramento. The family including son Brian, 8, at left, mom Roxanna,32, center, holding Laurie, 2, and Wyatt, 3, and daughter Trinity, 9, right, said they had not eaten since 4 p.m. Sunday. The temple – the area's oldest and largest, took in more than 200 people last night and this morning who were forced to evacuate the towns between Wheatland and Oroville. Renee C. Byer rbyer@sacbee.com

Nearly 200,000 people left their homes Sunday as part of an evacuation because of the Oroville Dam crisis.

More than a half-dozen evacuation centers around Northern California opened their doors to not just people, but their pets and in some cases livestock.

Sunday’s evacuation order helped fill hotels in Chico and Sacramento and sent people to seek shelter with friends.

At the Yolo County Fairgrounds in Woodland:

Which gained a grateful guest after he learned of its availability:

At the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico:

At Cal Expo in Sacramento:

At the Placer County Fairgrounds in Roseville:

This story was originally published February 13, 2017 at 10:30 PM with the headline "Evacuation centers offer shelter, kindness."

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