Mike Shell and his family have run Maxi-Lube in Griffin, Georgia, and successfully impacted their community for over three decades.

Lyons Express Lube & Oil and C&J Service Center re-opened their businesses on Wednesday. Lyons, family-owned shop almost was destroyed the day of the Camp Fire. But Paul Lyons, the shop’s owner from Paradise lost his house and 15 classic cars. Read more of Paul Lyons' story in Hope Not Lost in Paradise: How Lyons Express Oil & Lube Was Saved From Destruction.

A common scene on the nightly news late in 2018 was roads jammed with cars as residents first in Florida and then in North and South Carolina sought to evacuate before the arrival of a hurricane. Those who opted to ride out the storms regretted it, notably Hurricane Michael, which was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the United States.

How Lyons Express Oil & Lube Was Saved From Destruction Given that at least 77 people were killed at press time and more than 215 square miles of land was burned in November’s Northern California wildfire known as the Camp Fire, it would be easy to believe it resulted in Paradise Lost.